Vitamin D and the evolution of human depigmentation

2009/05/07 by George Chaplin, Nina G. Jablonski · 23 citations
Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Geographies of human-animal interactions #Marine animal studies overview

paper · doi:10.1002/ajpa.21079

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