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Macroevolutionary trends of brain mass in Primates

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Melchionna, M., Mondanaro, A., Serio, C., Castiglione, S., Febbraro, M. Di, Rook, L., Diniz-Filho, J. A. F., Manzi, G., Profico, A., Sansalone, G., Raia, P. (2020): Macroevolutionary trends of brain mass in Primates. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129: 14-25, DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz161

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