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The eloquent ape: genes, brains and the evolution of language
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Metadata
- Authors
- Fisher, S. E., & Marcus, G. F.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Genetics
- Published
- 2006-01
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 9-20
- ISSN
- 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0064
- OpenAlex
- W2002563990
- Cited by
- 349
- References
- 14
- FWCI
- 40.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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