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Cultural and Biological Evolution: What is the Difference?

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Study was supported by the Charles University, project GA UK No.52216.

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    Karel Kleisner & Petr Tureček

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Kleisner, K., Tureček, P. Cultural and Biological Evolution: What is the Difference?. Biosemiotics 10, 127–130 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-017-9284-9

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