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Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach, Dan Sperber, Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1996, 175 pp. US$45.95 cloth. ISBN 0-631-20044-4 US$18.95 paper. ISBN 0-631-20045-2. Blackwell Publishers, 350 Main St., 6th Floor, Malden, MA 02148-5018, USA.

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Hiram Caton
Hiram Caton*
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Griffith University, Australia
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , September 1997 , pp. 319 - 323
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