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In [[science]] and [[philosophy]], a '''just-so story''' is an [[Testability|untestable]] [[narrative]] [[explanation]] for a [[culture|cultural]] practice, a [[Phenotypic trait|biological trait]], or [[behavior]] of humans or other animals. The [[pejorative]]<ref name="Buller2005"/> nature of the expression is an implicit criticism that reminds the listener of the essentially fictional and unprovable nature of such an explanation. Such tales are common in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] (where they are known as ''etiological myths''&mdash;see [[etiology]]).