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THE demonstration of significant, that is to say functional, interrelations between characters of size, morphology, physiology, and social behaviour has not, to my knowledge, hitherto been made for any group of the order of Primates, including man. In the present communication I should like to report what seems to be the invariable association of four such distinctive characters which are operative throughout the order.
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MONTAGU, M. RELATION BETWEEN BODY-SIZE, WAKING ACTIVITY, SIZE OF EYEBALLS, AND THE ORIGIN OF SOCIAL LIFE IN THE PRIMATES. Nature 152, 573–574 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152573a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/152573a0