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Is the "Tribe meets White Man for the First Time" video fake?
Is this video fake?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHYbsXt05k
Most of the links according this video have no information besides the video itself and are very recent. How should I proceed to get more information about this expedition?
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Did native americans ever used the practice of a "Rain Dance" in order to encourage rains?
In popular culture there is a claim that Native American used a ritual dance in order to encourage rains.
For example, in the How I Met Your Mother episode "Come On" Ted does a rain dance in order to make rain fall (video clip).
Tim Minchin uses…
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Are there no matriarchal societies?
In a recent Art of Manliness podcast titled "Demonic Males with Dr. Richard Wrangham", Richard Wrangham makes the claim, starting about 28 minutes into the podcast that,
If there was ever a clash between what men wanted to do and women
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Did Cargo Cults involving the imitation of western society exist?
Richard Feynman created the concept of cargo cult science, which are activities that look scientific but aren't. He based it metaphorically on cargo cults in the Pacific:
In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they
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Why don't polygamous societies have a bunch of angry single men?
I was reading this article on polygamy in the Maasai of Kenya (as well as among other traditional east African groups). The article appeared to suggest that polygamy is quite common amongst the residents of the Rift Valley, and I've heard other…
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