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Similarity Is Not Genealogy: Transmission, Convergence, and Anachronism in Cross-Cultural Interpretation

Grace, Daniel J.

Cross-cultural comparison often begins with a real observation and ends with an unjustified genealogy. Similar names, images, foods, technologies, or religious functions may reflect historical transmission, but they may also arise through independent adaptation, recurring engineering constraints, or later metaphorical reuse. This article…

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