Quote of the day
It was Nietzsche who first made us conscious of the significance of the individual as a term in the evolutionary process-in that part of the evolutionary process which has still to take place.
Marvin Harris

Born: August 18, 1927
Died: October 25, 2001 (aged 74)
Bio: Marvin Harris was an American anthropologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. A prolific writer, he was highly influential in the development of cultural materialism.
Known for:
- Cannibals and Kings (1977)
- Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches (1974)
- Good to Eat (1985)
- The rise of anthropological theory (1968)
- Why nothing works (1987)