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... reproduction . Reproduction is the process by which organisms pro- duce copies of themselves . These copies are never precise . " Errors " in replication occur . Some of these errors are preserved by further reproduction ; others are ...
... reproduction . Reproduction is the process by which organisms pro- duce copies of themselves . These copies are never precise . " Errors " in replication occur . Some of these errors are preserved by further reproduction ; others are ...
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... reproduction consists of the replication of genes which govern the growth of new organisms . Cultural systems do not contain genes , and hence they do not undergo anything similar to biological reproduction . Of course the people whose ...
... reproduction consists of the replication of genes which govern the growth of new organisms . Cultural systems do not contain genes , and hence they do not undergo anything similar to biological reproduction . Of course the people whose ...
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... reproduction . But it should not be concluded from the ability of cultural systems to adopt innovations within the span of a single generation that differen- tial survival and reproduction are irrelevant to the course of cultural ...
... reproduction . But it should not be concluded from the ability of cultural systems to adopt innovations within the span of a single generation that differen- tial survival and reproduction are irrelevant to the course of cultural ...
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Suborder Anthropoidea versus Suborder Prosimii | 27 |
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