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Brain structure, Piaget, and adaptatison, or, “No, I think, therefore I eat”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Kathleen R. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, University of Texas Dental Branch, Houston, Tex. 77025
Sue T. Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Calif. 94928

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