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What do we know about the social organization of nonhuman primates, and can this shed any light on human societies? |
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What different types of marriage do we find in human societies, and how might this variation be explained? |
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What accounts for the popularity of polygny in a large number of human societies? |
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What is the basic economic unit in foraging societies? Is it the same in industrial societies? Why or why not? |
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What kinds of variations do we find in descent lines, and how do these correlate with other cultural variables? |
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What are some of the variations in kinship terminology, and how does such terminology relate to other aspects of a cultural system? |
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How are different cultural systems organized above the family level? |
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What are the different levels of political organization among different societies? |
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What is the basis of organization within each level? |