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vol. 117 no. 2 802-804

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Published in issue January 14, 2020.
Published first December 23, 2019.

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Andrew Whiten^a,¹

^aCentre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9JP, United Kingdom

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↵¹Email: a.whiten{at}st-andrews.ac.uk.

Author contributions: A.W. wrote the paper.
The author declares no competing interest.
See companion article on page 969.

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