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Fluctuating asymmetry of a foraging population: the Hadza of Tanzania

P. B. Gray Department of Anthropology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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F. Marlowe Department of Anthropology, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Pages 495-501 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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