"He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature."

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"Human cultures vary widely in the plants they use to gratify the desire for a change of mind, but all cultures (save the Eskimo) sanction at least one such plant and, just as invariably, strenuously forbid certain others. Along with the temptation seems to come the taboo."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

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"I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

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"Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology."

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"It is not as if farming brought a great improvement in living standards either. A typical hunter-gatherer enjoyed a more varied diet and consumed more protein and calories than settled people, and took in five times as much viatmin C as the average person today."

Bill Bryson, American Writer

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"If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"One-on-one revenge was common in foraging societies, and kin-against-kin blood feuds were common in tribal societies that had not been pacified by a colonial or national government, particularly if they had an exaggerated culture of manly honor."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

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"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."

Clifford Geertz, American Scientist

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"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

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"It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it."

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"Human cultures vary widely in the plants they use to gratify the desire for a change of mind, but all cultures (save the Eskimo) sanction at least one such plant and, just as invariably, strenuously forbid certain others. Along with the temptation seems to come the taboo."

"I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it."

"Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology."

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"If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African."

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"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."

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"It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it."

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