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Boyd, Robert. 2018. A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species. Princeton: Princeton University Press. vii + 229 pages, 5 halftones, 21 line illustrations, 1 table. Hardcover. $27.95. Kindle edition. $15.37.
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