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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

    Kyle J. Clark & Craig T. Palmer

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  1. Kyle J. Clark
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  1. Oakland Univ Dept of Psycholgy, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana Weekes-Shackelford

  2. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  3. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, USA

    Catherine Salmon

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Clark, K.J., Palmer, C.T. (2016). Ancestor Worship. In: Weekes-Shackelford, V., Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_3085-1

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