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Food Physical Properties and Their Relationship to Morphology: The Curious Case of kily

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Southern California, Grace Ford Salvatori Building, 3601 Watt Way, Suite 120, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1692

    Nayuta Yamashita

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, 4209 Cpy Route 44, Rootstown, OH 44272-0095, USA

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    Matthew J. Ravosa

  3. Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708, USA

    Christine Wall

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Yamashita, N. (2008). Food Physical Properties and Their Relationship to Morphology: The Curious Case of kily . In: Vinyard, C., Ravosa, M.J., Wall, C. (eds) Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. Developments In Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76585-3_17

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