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Competition

simple

Hair and eye color may be such neutral variations in human beings

variations a

antelope’s speed m

water retention in a desert plant

survive to maturity

favorable variations

passed from generation to generation natural selection.

relationship

simply by looking at it.

“survival of the fittest.”

“Fittest” means that organisms must not only survive to adulthood, they must actually reproduce.

advantageous genetic variations are passed along and become represented with increasing frequency in succeeding generations.

breeding programs.

Canis familiaris

several discipline

The Chihuahua

Saint Bernard

breeding programs.

Artificial selection

the same gene pool

the ability to interbreed and produce fertile offspring.

“man’s best friend.”

20 years

natural selection.

Organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support

highly developed market economy

devoted to economic pursuits

activity is the human body

human body is ugly and that its natural tendency is to debility and disease

one or more shrines devoted to this purpose

more powerful individuals in the society have several shrines in their houses and, in fact, the opulence of a house is often referred to in terms of the number of such ritual centers it possesses

ituals

re private

box or chest which is built into the wall

harms and magical potions without which no native believes he could live

ecured from a variety of specialized practitioners

medicine men

ubstantial gifts

write them down in an ancient and secret language

charm-box

mall fon

bows his head before the charm-box, mingles different sorts of holy water in the font, and proceeds with a brief rite of ablutio

holy-mouth-men.

pathological horror of and fascination with the mout

supernatural influence on all social relationships

oral and moral

For example, there is a ritual ablution of the mouth for children which is supposed to improve their moral fiber.

mouth-rite

small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth, along with certain magical powders, and then moving the bundle in a highly formalized series of gestures.[7]

holy-mouth-man once or twice a year

f sadism is involved

This part of the rite includes scraping and lacerating the surface of the face with a sharp instrument.

As part of this ceremony, women bake their heads in small ovens for about an hour

latipso

"that is where you go to die

Psychological shock results from the fact that body secrecy is suddenly lost upon entry into the latipso

aversion to the natural body and its functions.

fat people thin

thin people fat.

used to make women's breasts larger

inhuman hypermammary development are so idolized that they make a handsome living by simply going from village to village and permitting the natives to stare at them for a fee

Natural reproductive functions are similarly distorted. Intercourse is taboo as a topic and scheduled as an act. Efforts are made to avoid pregnancy by the use of magical materials or by limiting intercourse to certain phases of the moon.

magic-ridden people