Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General Anthropology |
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... fact that sounds constitute the medium of human language also guarantees the development of an essentially nonicon- ographic code since many physical events or relationships vital for survival and well - being are not associated with ...
... fact that sounds constitute the medium of human language also guarantees the development of an essentially nonicon- ographic code since many physical events or relationships vital for survival and well - being are not associated with ...
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... fact that anthropology , like other learned professions in Western society , has been dominated by men . It seems just as likely that the use of " Him " and " He " as pronouns for God reflects the fact that men are the priests of ...
... fact that anthropology , like other learned professions in Western society , has been dominated by men . It seems just as likely that the use of " Him " and " He " as pronouns for God reflects the fact that men are the priests of ...
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... fact that certain inventions depend upon or actually incorporate previous inventions . For exam- ple , in both the Old World and the New World the sequence of inventions that led up to metallurgy depended upon the prior achieve- ment of ...
... fact that certain inventions depend upon or actually incorporate previous inventions . For exam- ple , in both the Old World and the New World the sequence of inventions that led up to metallurgy depended upon the prior achieve- ment of ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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