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  1. Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Peter J. Richerson

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

    Robert Boyd

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Richerson, P.J., Boyd, R. Response to our critics. Biol Philos 23, 301–315 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-007-9084-8

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