'Hurrah for the missing link!': A history of apes, ancestors and a crucial piece of evidence

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'Hurrah for the missing link!': A history of apes, ancestors and a crucial piece of evidence. / Kjærgaard, Peter C.

In: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2011, p. 83-98.

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Kjærgaard, PC 2011, ''Hurrah for the missing link!': A history of apes, ancestors and a crucial piece of evidence', Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 83-98. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2010.0101

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Kjærgaard, P. C. (2011). 'Hurrah for the missing link!': A history of apes, ancestors and a crucial piece of evidence. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, 65(1), 83-98. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2010.0101

Vancouver

Kjærgaard PC. 'Hurrah for the missing link!': A history of apes, ancestors and a crucial piece of evidence. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 2011;65(1):83-98. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2010.0101

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Kjærgaard, Peter C. / 'Hurrah for the missing link!': A history of apes, ancestors and a crucial piece of evidence. In: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 2011 ; Vol. 65, No. 1. pp. 83-98.

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