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  1. University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Robert Lynch

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Lynch, R. (2019). In-Group Versus Out-Group. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_157-1

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