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Psychobiological Studies of Aggressive Behaviour

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Field studies of aggression in primates are only just beginning. Their fruits, however, could have considerable relevance to the human situation*.

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HAMBURG, D. Psychobiological Studies of Aggressive Behaviour. Nature 230, 19–23 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/230019a0

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