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A woman who has had no antenatal care presents in advanced labour and gives birth to a boy weighing 2350 g. She is unsure of her dates and there has been no ultrasound. Examined two hours after birth, his skin is smooth and pink with a few veins visible over the abdomen, lanugo is thinning, plantar creases cross the anterior two-thirds of the sole, the areola is raised with a 3 mm bud, the ear pinna is well curved and recoils readily, and the testes are fully descended with well-formed rugae. Which one of the following gestational ages do these findings best fit?