Physical Anthropology: 2000-2001 EditionThis updated reader is a compilation of carefully selected articles from newspapers, magazines and journals addressing important topics in physical anthropology. |
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... tion , or the survival of the fittest , does not necessarily include progressive de- velopment - it only takes advantage of such variations as arise and are benefi- cial to each creature under its complex relations of life . " Probably ...
... tion , or the survival of the fittest , does not necessarily include progressive de- velopment - it only takes advantage of such variations as arise and are benefi- cial to each creature under its complex relations of life . " Probably ...
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... tion ? Another major question has to do with rates of evolution : Do species usu- ally diverge very slowly , as Darwin thought , or does evolution consist mostly of rapid spurts , interspersed with long periods of constancy ? Still ...
... tion ? Another major question has to do with rates of evolution : Do species usu- ally diverge very slowly , as Darwin thought , or does evolution consist mostly of rapid spurts , interspersed with long periods of constancy ? Still ...
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... tion . And it is not just that the Dogon bear more children ( eight to nine on av- erage ) ; they also nurse each child on de- mand rather than in scheduled bouts , all through the night as well as the day , and intensely enough that ...
... tion . And it is not just that the Dogon bear more children ( eight to nine on av- erage ) ; they also nurse each child on de- mand rather than in scheduled bouts , all through the night as well as the day , and intensely enough that ...
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