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... ecosystem . The potential of this ecosystem for state forma- tion and for urban nucleation , however , was not as great as that of early dynastic Mesopotamia or highland Mexico and Peru . The main limitation seems to have been the ...
... ecosystem . The potential of this ecosystem for state forma- tion and for urban nucleation , however , was not as great as that of early dynastic Mesopotamia or highland Mexico and Peru . The main limitation seems to have been the ...
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... ecosystem . The most important aspect of any ecosys- tem is the pattern of energy flow characteristic of its organic and inorganic components . A full understanding of a human ecosystem requires much more than an analysis of its energy ...
... ecosystem . The most important aspect of any ecosys- tem is the pattern of energy flow characteristic of its organic and inorganic components . A full understanding of a human ecosystem requires much more than an analysis of its energy ...
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... ecosystem had come into existence . The increasing de- structiveness and wastefulness of the potlatch represents the attempt of a changing culture to adapt to a new ecosystem with its old institutions . The Semai and Bushmen's ...
... ecosystem had come into existence . The increasing de- structiveness and wastefulness of the potlatch represents the attempt of a changing culture to adapt to a new ecosystem with its old institutions . The Semai and Bushmen's ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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