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Do Zombies Exist?


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Do Zombies Exist?

Dwayne Godwin is a neuroscientist at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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Jorge Cham draws the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper at www.phdcomics.com. He is also co-author of the new book We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe, published by Riverhead Books.

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SA Mind Vol 25 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Do Zombies Exist?” in SA Mind Vol. 25 No. 2 (), p. 72
doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0314-72