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Referee's report by Alan Sterling Parkes, on a paper 'Chimpanzee births in captivity: a typical case history and report of sixteen births' by James H Elder and Robert M. Yerkes

Reference number: RR/59/58

Date: March 1936

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Sectional Committee: Physiology

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' if approved by the Sectional Committee, otherwise finds the paper interesting but too specific for the Royal Society.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 31 March 1936.

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RR/59/58
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March 1936
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Alan Sterling Parkes, Referee's report by Alan Sterling Parkes, on a paper 'Chimpanzee births in captivity: a typical case history and report of sixteen births' by James H Elder and Robert M. Yerkes, March 1936, RR/59/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_59_58/referees-report-by-alan-sterling-parkes-on-a-paper-chimpanzee-births-in-captivity-a-typical-case-history-and-report-of-sixteen-births-by-james-h-elder-and-robert-m-yerkes, accessed on 10 May 2026

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