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arwinism maintains that Man—and thus the
culture he possesses—advanced from rudi-
mentary, primitive, tribal stages toward civi-
lization. However, archaeological findings
show that since the very first day of human
history, there have been periods with societies that maintained very
advanced cultures along with others whose cultures have been more
backward. Indeed, most of the time, very wealthy civilizations have
existed at the same time as backward ones. Throughout the course of
history, most societies of the same period had very different levels of
technology and civilization, with very great sociological and cultural
differences—just as is the case today. For example, though the North
American continent is very advanced today in terms of medicine,
science, architecture and technology, some communities in South

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