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... habitat are found , the way in which they exploit that habitat always differs in certain crucial respects . Howler , spider , capuchin , and squirrel monkeys , for example , all share overlapping living space in the rain forests of ...
... habitat are found , the way in which they exploit that habitat always differs in certain crucial respects . Howler , spider , capuchin , and squirrel monkeys , for example , all share overlapping living space in the rain forests of ...
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... habitat ; ( 2 ) social structure , or the arrangements by which an orderly social life is maintained ; and ( 3 ) ideology , or the mental characteristics that fit people to their ecology and social structure ( cf. Radcliffe - Brown 1952 ) ...
... habitat ; ( 2 ) social structure , or the arrangements by which an orderly social life is maintained ; and ( 3 ) ideology , or the mental characteristics that fit people to their ecology and social structure ( cf. Radcliffe - Brown 1952 ) ...
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... habitat and at the same time protects critical resources from becoming permanently depleted in areas of high density . Warfare frequently fulfills this function : it often distributes people over a habitat in a manner that prevents the ...
... habitat and at the same time protects critical resources from becoming permanently depleted in areas of high density . Warfare frequently fulfills this function : it often distributes people over a habitat in a manner that prevents the ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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