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Atavisms in homo sapiens: a Bolkian heterodoxy revisited.

Acta biotheoretica - 1 Mar 1996

Verhulst J

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An atavism is the "..reappearance of a lost character (morphology or behaviour) typical of remote ancestors and not seen in the parents or recent ancestors of the organisms displaying the atavistic character" (Hall, 1984). In humans, hypertrichosis (extensive body hair), the presence of a tail an...

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PMID: 8693850
DOI: 10.1007/BF00046435

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