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Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Group selection is necessary to life

http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/why-is-group-selection-necessary-to.html
Posted by Bruce Charlton at Tuesday, December 15, 2015
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