What did Boas argue about the development of culture?
It develops historically
It is biologically determined
It is a result of individual genius
It is a product of environmental factors
Answer
Boas argued that culture developed historically through the interactions of groups of people and the diffusion of ideas, and that consequently there was no process towards continuously "higher" cultural forms.
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