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believe that the Solega classifi cation of birds is “ largely immune from the variable
cultural determinants found in other areas of human experience ” ([ 9 ], p. 9) any
more than they support the hypothesis that the taxonomic systems of ‘primitive
peoples’ lack any consistent underlying logical principles [ 190 ]. Instead, we
acknowledge the different, but interdependent, roles of perception and culture in the
creation of folk taxonomies.
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