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. 2016 Jan 19;113(3):E258.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1517524113. Epub 2016 Jan 11.

Do patterns of covariation between human pelvis shape, stature, and head size alleviate the obstetric dilemma?

Simon Underdown  1 , Stephen J Oppenheimer  2
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Do patterns of covariation between human pelvis shape, stature, and head size alleviate the obstetric dilemma?

Simon Underdown et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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