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... known collectively as the Olmec culture . One of the best - known Olmec sites , La Venta , has an earth - fill pyramid shaped like a volcano with gullied slopes . It is 105 feet in height and 420 feet in diameter . Construction was ...
... known collectively as the Olmec culture . One of the best - known Olmec sites , La Venta , has an earth - fill pyramid shaped like a volcano with gullied slopes . It is 105 feet in height and 420 feet in diameter . Construction was ...
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... known as the sororate . Closely related to this practice is the preferential marriage known as the levirate , in which the services of a man's widows are retained within the domes- tic unit by having them marry one of his brothers . If ...
... known as the sororate . Closely related to this practice is the preferential marriage known as the levirate , in which the services of a man's widows are retained within the domes- tic unit by having them marry one of his brothers . If ...
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... known voluntarily to surrender its decisive power advantages simply out of a sense of obligation to ethical or moral principles . Of course individuals may do so , but there will always be a residue who will use their power to stay in ...
... known voluntarily to surrender its decisive power advantages simply out of a sense of obligation to ethical or moral principles . Of course individuals may do so , but there will always be a residue who will use their power to stay in ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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