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... taboos against it . However , although the taboo is a cultural universal , cultures define incest differ- ently . As an illustration , con- sider some implications of the distinction between two kinds of first cousins : cross cousins ...
... taboos against it . However , although the taboo is a cultural universal , cultures define incest differ- ently . As an illustration , con- sider some implications of the distinction between two kinds of first cousins : cross cousins ...
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... taboo . MD by second marriage is not a comember of ego's descent group and is not tabooed . Explaining the Taboo Instinctive Horror There is no simple or universally accepted ex- planation for the fact that all cultures ban incest . Do ...
... taboo . MD by second marriage is not a comember of ego's descent group and is not tabooed . Explaining the Taboo Instinctive Horror There is no simple or universally accepted ex- planation for the fact that all cultures ban incest . Do ...
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... taboo is universal because incest horror is instinctive - Homo sapi- ens has a genetically programmed disgust to- ward incest . Because of this feeling , early hu- mans banned it . However , cultural universality doesn't necessarily ...
... taboo is universal because incest horror is instinctive - Homo sapi- ens has a genetically programmed disgust to- ward incest . Because of this feeling , early hu- mans banned it . However , cultural universality doesn't necessarily ...
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ETHNOGRAPHY | 11 |
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY | 17 |
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