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... Systems : The Postulate of Functional Unity Thus far I have been treating cultures as mere inventories of separate patterns , or " traits . " One of the fundamental assumptions of anthro ... cultural [ 8 ] The Nature of Cultural Systems.
... Systems : The Postulate of Functional Unity Thus far I have been treating cultures as mere inventories of separate patterns , or " traits . " One of the fundamental assumptions of anthro ... cultural [ 8 ] The Nature of Cultural Systems.
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... system . A viable system may be regarded as consisting largely of positive - functioned traits since the contrary assumption would lead one to expect the system's extinction . The functional unity of cultural systems is a basic ...
... system . A viable system may be regarded as consisting largely of positive - functioned traits since the contrary assumption would lead one to expect the system's extinction . The functional unity of cultural systems is a basic ...
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... cultural patterning , 150-3 cultural relativism , 147 cultural replication , 151-2 , 163-4 ( see also enculturation ) cultural resonance , 114-5 cultural selection : biological con- sequences , 112 ; skin color and , 114-5 cultural systems ...
... cultural patterning , 150-3 cultural relativism , 147 cultural replication , 151-2 , 163-4 ( see also enculturation ) cultural resonance , 114-5 cultural selection : biological con- sequences , 112 ; skin color and , 114-5 cultural systems ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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