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... matriarchy , founded on the family . The sexes separate into their own groups for the greater part of the year , observing the boundaries of their own territories . Without going deeper at the moment into details of social structure ...
... matriarchy , founded on the family . The sexes separate into their own groups for the greater part of the year , observing the boundaries of their own territories . Without going deeper at the moment into details of social structure ...
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... matriarchy and establish a patriarchy . The word patri- archy implies governance by the male of the family . Now however eager and active the stag may be he does not gather round him ( as I have sometimes heard it said ) a number of ...
... matriarchy and establish a patriarchy . The word patri- archy implies governance by the male of the family . Now however eager and active the stag may be he does not gather round him ( as I have sometimes heard it said ) a number of ...
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... Matriarchy makes for gregariousness and family cohesion . The patriarchal group can never be large , for however attentively the male may care for his group he is never selfless . Sexual jealousy is always ready to impinge on social ...
... Matriarchy makes for gregariousness and family cohesion . The patriarchal group can never be large , for however attentively the male may care for his group he is never selfless . Sexual jealousy is always ready to impinge on social ...
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TECHNIQUE AND PERSONAL REACTIONS | 20 |
TERRITORY AND POPULATION | 29 |
TERRITORY AND THE SOCIAL SYSTEM | 67 |
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