First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human
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Jeremy DeSilva., & Jeremy DeSilva|AUTHOR. (2021). First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human . HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jeremy DeSilva and Jeremy DeSilva|AUTHOR. 2021. First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human. HarperCollins.
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MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jeremy DeSilva, and Jeremy DeSilva|AUTHOR. First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human HarperCollins, 2021.
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