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... similar cycli- cal changes take place in many species ; for example , rabbits change color with the seasons , and the metabolism of bears alters drastically during hibernation . Among cultural forms , some common examples are the ...
... similar cycli- cal changes take place in many species ; for example , rabbits change color with the seasons , and the metabolism of bears alters drastically during hibernation . Among cultural forms , some common examples are the ...
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... similar structure pair off and jointly communicate their hereditary instructions to the first cells of the new organism , which is called a zygote . The zygote proceeds to divide and differentiate until a whole embryo is constructed and ...
... similar structure pair off and jointly communicate their hereditary instructions to the first cells of the new organism , which is called a zygote . The zygote proceeds to divide and differentiate until a whole embryo is constructed and ...
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... similar phylogenetic experiences . The determinism that governs cultural systems produces both similar and dissimilar trajectories of evolutionary transformation . It does this because the conditions under which the interaction between ...
... similar phylogenetic experiences . The determinism that governs cultural systems produces both similar and dissimilar trajectories of evolutionary transformation . It does this because the conditions under which the interaction between ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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