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  1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

    Gerald Carter

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    Catherine Salmon

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Carter, G. (2016). Nonhuman Reciprocal Altruism. 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_3055-2

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