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... ancestors may contribute genes to each of the 46 chromo- somes possessed by one of their descendants , leaving open the pos- sibility that each of as many as 64 ancestors could have contributed some genes to their great - great - great ...
... ancestors may contribute genes to each of the 46 chromo- somes possessed by one of their descendants , leaving open the pos- sibility that each of as many as 64 ancestors could have contributed some genes to their great - great - great ...
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... ancestors in order to win wars . But the ancestors will only lend support if they are thanked with offerings of pigs . Such offerings are made at a series of feasts when most of the clan's pigs are slaughtered and eaten in a few months ...
... ancestors in order to win wars . But the ancestors will only lend support if they are thanked with offerings of pigs . Such offerings are made at a series of feasts when most of the clan's pigs are slaughtered and eaten in a few months ...
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... ancestors and a cargo of European goods . In recent times , airplanes and spaceships are the favorite means of delivering the cargo ( cf. Worsley 1968 ) . In one of the earliest movements , that of 1893 at Milne Bay in New Guinea , a ...
... ancestors and a cargo of European goods . In recent times , airplanes and spaceships are the favorite means of delivering the cargo ( cf. Worsley 1968 ) . In one of the earliest movements , that of 1893 at Milne Bay in New Guinea , a ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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