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10.4 What Causes Seasonal Social and Political Structures? The Dawn of Everything Chapter 3:

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Modern Social Evolution Theory Is Not About Stages

Foraging and farming are not different stages of development any more. They are different adaptations to different conditions, he says. It's always been a staple of anthropology that the whole reason that human have such extensive cultures in the first place is precisely to adapt to our environment or circumstances. 'Modern social evolution theory is not about stages and progress from worse to better, or from simple to complex'

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