Low sperm counts may be preventable.
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www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 333 9 SEPTEMBER 2011 1351 COVER The right forearm and hand (hand skeleton ~12.3 centimeters long) of Australopithecus sediba, specimen Malapa Hominin 2. Papers in this issue present a detailed look at the hands, feet, pelvis, brain endocast, and age of this hominid, which lived 2 million years ago, near the emergence of our genus, Homo. See the series of Reports starting on p. 1402, News Focus package p. 1370, and www.sciencemag.org/extra/sediba.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 333 6048 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011