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Evidence that humans evolved from a knuckle-walking ancestor
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Metadata
- Authors
- Richmond, B. G., & Strait, D. S.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2000-03
- Volume
- 404
- Issue
- 6776
- Pages
- 382-385
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W1969619376
- Cited by
- 279
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 108.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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