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Friday, May 6, 2011

Science article on literary Darwinism

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/332/6030/654

Posted by Joseph Carroll at 7:22 AM

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Troy CamplinMay 7, 2011 at 1:37 AM
Very exciting development!
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