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  1. Department of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Jeffrey A. Kurland

  2. Department of Anthropology, The University of Pittsburgh, 15260, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Steven J. C. Gaulin

  3. Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University, 27650, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

    Adrianne Massey

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Kurland, J.A., Gaulin, S.J.C. & Massey, A. Testing Kin selection: Problems with r . Behav Ecol Sociobiol 6, 81–83 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293247

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