Why has evolution not selected for perfect self-control?
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0139