French historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science

How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins / edited by Pierpaolo Antonello and Paul Gifford.

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How we became human : mimetic theory and the science of evolutionary origins / edited by Pierpaolo Antonello and Paul Gifford.