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Human Society as a Natural Phenomenon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

Franz M. Wuketits
Franz M. Wuketits*
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Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, A-3422 Altenberg, Austria
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , February 1991 , pp. 308 - 310
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