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Edward Burnett Tylor was a British anthropologist known for his research on primitive societies and his contributions to the theory of cultural evolution. His work had a profound impact on the development of cultural anthropology.

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Famous Edward Burnett Tylor Quotes

“Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”

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Book:Primitive Culture

Source: Primitive Culture

“During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.”

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Book:Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern

Source: Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern

About the Author

Born: October 2, 1832
Died: January 2, 1917
Known for: Anthropologist
Quotes: 18

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Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and ModernRelated source material

Primitive CultureRelated source material

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