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. 2010 Oct;11(10):721.
doi: 10.1038/embor.2010.143.

Anthropomorphism in science

Julian Davies  1
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Anthropomorphism in science

Julian Davies. EMBO Rep. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

It is a human characteristic to assign human emotion and behaviour to other living creatures. Yet anthropocentrism may well have ‘infected' microbiology and misdirected research

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