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To be Continued ... A Review of -- Do Lemmings Commit Suicide: Beautiful Hypotheses and Ugly Facts

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Wilson, J. To be Continued ... A Review of -- Do Lemmings Commit Suicide: Beautiful Hypotheses and Ugly Facts. Biology & Philosophy 14, 615–619 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006519908151

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