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. 2016 Jun 28;113(26):E3597-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1607209113. Epub 2016 Jun 21.

Reply to Mitteroecker and Fischer: Developmental solutions to the obstetrical dilemma are not Gouldian spandrels

Marcia S Ponce de León  1 , Alik Huseynov  2 , Christoph P E Zollikofer  2
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Reply to Mitteroecker and Fischer: Developmental solutions to the obstetrical dilemma are not Gouldian spandrels

Marcia S Ponce de León et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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