From Traditional Medicine to Witchcraft: Why Medical Treatments Are Not Always Efficacious

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Mark M. Tanaka ,

* E-mail: m.tanaka@unsw.edu.au

Affiliation Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jeremy R. Kendal,

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
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Kevin N. Laland

Affiliation School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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