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Anthropology

mopinko

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8. i did. and many more like it.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 18, 2022, 07:27 AM

Dec 2022

and these guys, usually guys, who put their ‘spiritual’ meanings on this shit is w/o evidence as far as i can see, are bad at their jobs.

they likely gained those meanings over time. but that’s because of how crucial they were to human survival.

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