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... modern human females resemble australopithecines more than modern human fe- males do . This in turn may explain why women have not been able to match the track records of male runners ( Lovejoy 1974 ; Lovejoy , Heiple , and Burstein ...
... modern human females resemble australopithecines more than modern human fe- males do . This in turn may explain why women have not been able to match the track records of male runners ( Lovejoy 1974 ; Lovejoy , Heiple , and Burstein ...
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... modern than to neandertaloid standards . As described by William Howells : Their brain case was like ours in size and shape ; high , flat - sided ; and round , not projecting in the rear . The brows are marked and slightly neanderthal ...
... modern than to neandertaloid standards . As described by William Howells : Their brain case was like ours in size and shape ; high , flat - sided ; and round , not projecting in the rear . The brows are marked and slightly neanderthal ...
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... modern urban poor have given up forests of pine , oak , and redwood and received in return forests of aluminum television antennas . Yet the most powerful modern means of thought control may not lie in the electronic opiates of the ...
... modern urban poor have given up forests of pine , oak , and redwood and received in return forests of aluminum television antennas . Yet the most powerful modern means of thought control may not lie in the electronic opiates of the ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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