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Conway Morris, S. (2003). Life's Solution. Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe

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Hengeveld, R. Conway Morris, S. (2003). Life's Solution. Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe. Acta Biotheor 52, 221–228 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:ACBI.0000043451.79915.2a

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