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French Anthropologist Levi-Strauss Dies At 100

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Nov. 3, 2009
Claude Levi-Strauss is widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies. During his six-decade career, he authored literary and anthropological classics including Tristes Tropiques.
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