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Research Article

Economic evolution, diversity of societies and stages of economic development: A critique of theories applied to hunters and gatherers and their successors

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Article: 1161322 | Received 19 Oct 2015, Accepted 01 Mar 2016, Published online: 21 Mar 2016

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