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The theory that settlement helped protect old people whom humans are disposed to care for; Jiang treats it as valid but less persuasive than religion.
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Respect for elders theory
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...fortifications build walls and fight each other Okay, that's the second theory. And again the evidence for this are chimpanzees. The third theory is..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...fortifications build walls and fight each other Okay, that's the second theory. And again the evidence for this are chimpanzees. The third theory is..."
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"...fortifications build walls and fight each other Okay, that's the second theory. And again the evidence for this are chimpanzees. The third theory is..."
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"...at respect for elders. And even though this is a valid theory, there's an argument that back then they didn't really care about dying..."
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A source-grounded reading of the lecture's central reversal: agriculture was not an obvious leap into progress.
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