Can life history trade-offs explain the evolution of short stature in human pygmies? A response to Migliano and colleagues Authors:
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Authors: Noémie SA Becker, Paul Verdu, Barry Hewlett and Samuel Pavard 1 Ecoanthropology and Ethnobiology UMR 7206, CNRS-MNHN-Univ. Paris7, Musée de l'Homme, 75016 Paris; 2 Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA 98686 USA. *All authors equally contributed to this work Corresponding author: Samuel Pavard : Ecoanthropology and Ethnobiology UMR 7206, Musée de l'Homme, 17 place du Trocadéro, 75016 Paris; [email protected]; tel. : 00 33 1 44 05 73 48 ; fax : 00 33 1 44 05 72 41
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