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... effect . A simple but elegant solution to this problem is now available : large canines would have interfered with the rotary grinding and milling action of the hominid molars . Once the front teeth were no longer useful as tools and ...
... effect . A simple but elegant solution to this problem is now available : large canines would have interfered with the rotary grinding and milling action of the hominid molars . Once the front teeth were no longer useful as tools and ...
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... effect on the size of the Yanomamö population because , like almost all war - making preindus- trial societies , the Yanomamö are polygynous ( i.e. , each man has several wives , see p . 312 ) . This means that any woman whose husband ...
... effect on the size of the Yanomamö population because , like almost all war - making preindus- trial societies , the Yanomamö are polygynous ( i.e. , each man has several wives , see p . 312 ) . This means that any woman whose husband ...
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... effect relationships gave birth to science , whereas religion evolved along completely independent lines . Frazer's scheme has not withstood the test of field work . The attitudes with which fearful Dobuan magicians dispose of ...
... effect relationships gave birth to science , whereas religion evolved along completely independent lines . Frazer's scheme has not withstood the test of field work . The attitudes with which fearful Dobuan magicians dispose of ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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