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An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab-

stract elements and to establish, between elements of the same

type in different cultures, rather than between cultures themselves,

the same kind of relationships of historical descent and progressive

differentiation which the paleontologist sees in the evolution of

An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab- stract elements and to establish, between elements of the same type in different cultures, rather than between cultures themselves, the same kind of relationships of historical descent and progressive differentiation which the paleontologist sees in the evolution of species.