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Behavioral Assessment of Manual Dexterity in Non-Human Primates
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Behavioral Assessment of Manual Dexterity in Non-Human Primates

Published on: November 11, 2011

The role of the corticospinal tract in the evolution of human digital dexterity

R S Heffner, R B Masterton

    Brain, Behavior and Evolution
    |January 1, 1983
    PubMed

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