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. 2019 Jan 23;6(1):180772.
doi: 10.1098/rsos.180772. eCollection 2019 Jan.

Are face recognition abilities in humans and sheep really 'comparable'?

A Towler  1 , R I Kemp  1 , V Bruce  2 , A M Burton  3 , J D Dunn  1 , D White  1
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Are face recognition abilities in humans and sheep really 'comparable'?

A Towler et al. R Soc Open Sci. .
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