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Theoretically the barriers of human evolution are to be derived from the phenomenon and rules of socio-technical functioning, its interactions with the human made functional environment.
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Szántó, B. (1999). Barriers of Human Evolution. In: Aerts, D., Broekaert, J., Weyns, W. (eds) A World In Transition: Humankind and Nature. Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0856-3_2
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