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Response to Luoto’s (2020) “Did Prosociality Drive the Evolution of Homosexuality?”

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Barron, A.B. Response to Luoto’s (2020) “Did Prosociality Drive the Evolution of Homosexuality?”. Arch Sex Behav 49, 2245–2246 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01812-w

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