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Cairns, J. (2006). Human Alteration of Evolutionary Processes. In: Burdyuzha, V. (eds) The Future of Life and the Future of our Civilization. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4968-2_12
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