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Guts and Brains: An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record

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Guts and Brains: An Integrative Approach to the Hominin Record
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Publisher: Leiden University Press
ISBN/ASIN: 9087280149
ISBN-13: 9789087280147
Number of pages: 278

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Guts and Brains discusses the relationship between brain size and diet, diet and social organization, and large brains and the human sexual division of labour. This interdisciplinary volume provides an entry for the reader into understanding the development of both early primates and our own species.

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