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  1. Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK

    Emily Emmott

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Emmott, E. (2016). Access to Alloparents. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_112-1

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