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Nonhuman Primates: Within-Group Conflicts

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Peñaherrera-Aguirre, M., Fernandes, H.B.F., Figueredo, A.J. (2018). Nonhuman Primates: Within-Group Conflicts. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_617-1

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