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Bittersweet Destiny: the Stormy Evolution of Human Behavior. Del Thiessen. New Brunswick, NJ:Transaction Publishers,1996, 420 pp. US$44.95 cloth. ISBN 1-560-00245-X. Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, Bldg. 4051, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.

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Walter Lehmann
Walter Lehmann*
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Oslo College, Norway
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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , September 1998 , pp. 236 - 240
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