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We humans are, at once, animals and conscious, intelligent beings.

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Glassman, R.M. (2017). The Paradox of Tribes. In: The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51695-0_34

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