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"The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and The State" by Friedrich Engels (Pt. 1)

Red Menace

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Why This Matters by James Engels

Engels' primary focus here is defending Morgan from certain critiques that have emerged within anthropology. He compares Morgan to Marx and Darwin, and as much as he discovered certain laws of change which govern the development of culture and family. This was about finishing a project that unfortunately Marx was not able to finish before passing away. The main different changing factor that marks humanity's emergence into this middle stage is the use of fish for food,. And you may notice that these two technologies obviously complement each other since the latter allows for the safer consumption of the former when we can actually cook fish.

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