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Since biological change occurs slowly and cultural changes occur in every generation, it is futile to try to explain the fleeting phenomena of culture by a racial constant. We can often explain them—in terms of contact with other peoples, of individual genius, of geography—but not by racial differences.

Robert Lowie

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Robert Lowie

Robert Lowie

Robert Lowie

Born: June 12, 1883

Died: September 21, 1957 (aged 74)

Bio: Robert Harry Lowie was an Austrian-born American anthropologist. An expert on North American Indians, he was instrumental in the development of modern anthropology.

Known for:

The Crow Indians (1935)
Myths and traditions of the Crow Indians (1918)
Primitive Religion (1948)
Indians of the Plains (1954)
The northern Shoshone (1909)

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