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“Stone-age” data: Wider implications and greater difficulties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

J. B. Deregowski
J. B. Deregowski
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Department of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Old Aberdeen, Scotland AB9 2UB, Electronic mail: j.b.deregowski@aberdeen.ac.uk
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 523 - 525
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