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It was never the intention, when starting this work, to come to a conclusion that would have philosophical implications.

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Lima-de-Faria, A. (2014). Introduction. In: Molecular Origins of Brain and Body Geometry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06056-9_1

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