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Review of Shefferson, Jones, and Salguero-Gómez (Eds.), The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life

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Gurven, M. Review of Shefferson, Jones, and Salguero-Gómez (Eds.), The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life. Hum Nat 29, 468–474 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-018-9330-6

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