“It is our task to inquire into the causes that have brought about the observed differentiation, and to investigate the sequence of events that have led to the establishment of the multifarious forms of human life”
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Franz Boas
Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 - December 21, 1942) was a German-born American anthropologist considered one of the founders of modern anthropology. Known for his fieldwork and cross-cultural comparative studies, Boas had a profound impact on the development of cultural relativism and structuralist anthropology. more
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