Introduction to Geography: People, Places, and Environment, Global Edition

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Chapter 7 - Cultural Geography - Review and Discussion Questions - Page 321: 1

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Alexander von Humboldt disproved Varro’s theory of unilinear social evolution by demonstrating, through his extensive travels and observations, that societies do not follow a single universal sequence of stages. Instead, he showed that cultures develop in diverse ways depending on their environment, history, and resources, highlighting multiple paths of social development rather than one fixed evolutionary ladder.
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