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Bernana

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What did early 19th century evolutionists mean by the concept of societies as living fossils?
 
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What do anthropologists use as the basis for cross-cultural comparisons?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

They were examples of what more advanced societies were believed to have looked like in their earlier states of evolution.

Answer to Question 2

They use ethnographies.


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