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Radical Anthropology<p>Review article from <a href="https://c.im/tags/MichaelTomasello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelTomasello</span></a> on social motivation and emotion comparing ourselves with our great ape cousins.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperation</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nhprimates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nhprimates</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sharedintentionality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharedintentionality</span></a> <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-023-09464-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/s12110-023-09464-0</span></a></p>
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