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Cultural Evolution

“Variation and selective retention” as an evolutionary epistemology: were Donald Campbell's life histories sufficient?

Pages 109-116 | Received 02 Apr 2013, Accepted 06 Aug 2013, Published online: 20 Nov 2013

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