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  1. UMR 5163 CLLE-LTC, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    Gwenaël Kaminski

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    Gwenaël Kaminski

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Kaminski, G. (2016). Kin Recognition and Classification in Humans. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1528-1

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