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Adaptationinduced synchronization in laminar cortical circuits. Nov 23, 2007 the first and probably the main reason is that armpit hair collect our pheromons. Untranslatable insults, putdowns, and curses from around the world. Jan 11, 2012 species that live in larger groups of 100 or more monkeys likely have a greater need to recognize individual monkeys. Uglier than a monkeys armpit isbn 9780399535062 pdf epub. An experimental itch model in monkeys pubmed central pmc. Im scouring the american journal of primatology for a paper on gorillas using tools as weapons in the wild. Untranslatable insults, putdowns, and curses from around the world kindle edition by stephen dodson, robert vanderplank. Maqfacs macaque facial action coding system can be used to. Facs are developed to enable such comparisons because they are standardized and systematic and.
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