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... region of their birth . But if a random sample included individuals drawn from the remaining regions of the world , many mistakes would be made . One of the most glaring difficulties of racial taxonomies is that they cannot be ...
... region of their birth . But if a random sample included individuals drawn from the remaining regions of the world , many mistakes would be made . One of the most glaring difficulties of racial taxonomies is that they cannot be ...
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... region had achieved decisive technological ad- vantages over the others . To be sure , there was a great deal of variation in the specific content of the tool kits of the Eurasian mammoth hunters , the Southeast Asian forest - dwellers ...
... region had achieved decisive technological ad- vantages over the others . To be sure , there was a great deal of variation in the specific content of the tool kits of the Eurasian mammoth hunters , the Southeast Asian forest - dwellers ...
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... regional population . First , feasting rivalry between groups raises productivity throughout the region more than if each village feasts only its own producers . Second , as has been suggested for the Northwest Coast region by Wayne ...
... regional population . First , feasting rivalry between groups raises productivity throughout the region more than if each village feasts only its own producers . Second , as has been suggested for the Northwest Coast region by Wayne ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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