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6 Nobel Laureate Joshua Lederberg as quoted in P. Wold, 2008. Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative. Duke University Press, Durham, NC.

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10 Cairns, J., Jr. 2009. Does intelligence provide survival value? Social Contract 20(1):52-57.

11 Flannery, T. 2013. As Australia burns, attitudes are changing. But is it too late? Guardian 11Jan http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/11/australia-burns-attitudes-changing-too-late.

12 Rourke, A. 2013. As Australian heat wave hits new high, warning that bushfires will continue. The Observer 12Jan http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/12/australia-bushfires-heatwave-new-high.

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