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Julian Steward was a prominent American anthropologist active in the mid-20th century who founded the anthropological subfield of cultural ecology. He introduced the concept of multilinear evolution, which argues that human cultures evolve along distinct, parallel paths determined by their specific...
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Cultural ecology and multilinear evolution were highly influential; mid-century framework now partly dated.
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Herbert Spencer was a 19th-century British philosopher who applied evolutionary theory to society, coining the phrase 'survival of the fittest' and developing an influential system of synthetic philosophy.
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Historically influential evolutionary social theorist; reputation declined sharply due to overreach, social Darwinist associations, and weak lasting arguments.
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