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Explaining the Gap: On Humans and Other Animals – Essay Review

Thomas Suddendorf: The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals (New York: Basic Books, 2013)

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Harman, O. Explaining the Gap: On Humans and Other Animals – Essay Review. J Hist Biol 46, 739–755 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10739-013-9372-x

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