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... functional but that with the alteration brought on by cultural evolution had lost their utility . After considerable controversy it has come to be recognized that many cultural traits lose their original function and meaning , but few ...
... functional but that with the alteration brought on by cultural evolution had lost their utility . After considerable controversy it has come to be recognized that many cultural traits lose their original function and meaning , but few ...
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... functional in the context of a given set of cultural and natural conditions . These too , as exemplified in wasteful ... function under the stress of European contact and thereafter contributed decisively to the extinction of the group ...
... functional in the context of a given set of cultural and natural conditions . These too , as exemplified in wasteful ... function under the stress of European contact and thereafter contributed decisively to the extinction of the group ...
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... function . Complex social structures contain many groupings that are directly concerned with law and order , such as police , military , legal , and political cadres . But other groupings are organized about ideological functions , such ...
... function . Complex social structures contain many groupings that are directly concerned with law and order , such as police , military , legal , and political cadres . But other groupings are organized about ideological functions , such ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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