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  1. Department of Psychology, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN, USA

    Sheri A. Browning

  2. Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

    Todd M. Freeberg

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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA

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    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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    Douglas Sellers

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Browning, S.A., Freeberg, T.M. (2019). Alarm Calls. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1364-1

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