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      day: 20
  author:
    - family: Post
      given: Daniel J.
      non-dropping-particle: van der
    - family: Franz
      given: Mathias
    - family: Laland
      given: Kevin N.
  citation-key: vanderPost2016Skill
  container-title: BMC Evolutionary Biology
  container-title-short: BMC Evolutionary Biology
  DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0742-9
  ISSN: 1471-2148
  issue: '1'
  issued:
    - year: 2016
      month: 8
      day: 24
  page: '166'
  title: Skill learning and the evolution of social learning mechanisms
  type: article-journal
  volume: '16'
...
