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... cultural anthropology is to state the conditions under which specific cultural phenomena are likely to occur . Another way of expressing this objective is to say that anthropologists seek the causes of cultural evolution : the ...
... cultural anthropology is to state the conditions under which specific cultural phenomena are likely to occur . Another way of expressing this objective is to say that anthropologists seek the causes of cultural evolution : the ...
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... cultural and biological evolution can be explained by similar principles . To this end it is useful to examine an analogy between cultural and biological structures and processes . Encultura- tion , for example , can be regarded as the ...
... cultural and biological evolution can be explained by similar principles . To this end it is useful to examine an analogy between cultural and biological structures and processes . Encultura- tion , for example , can be regarded as the ...
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... cultural anthropology , 1 , 3-5 , 144-5 , 163 , 615-8 cultural behavior , of prehominid primates , 40 cultural comparison , 4-5 cultural development ( see also cultural evolution ) : Lower , Pa- leolithic , 177-8 ; probabilistic ...
... cultural anthropology , 1 , 3-5 , 144-5 , 163 , 615-8 cultural behavior , of prehominid primates , 40 cultural comparison , 4-5 cultural development ( see also cultural evolution ) : Lower , Pa- leolithic , 177-8 ; probabilistic ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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