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> [The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men as husbands, or of parent cloistering their sons but not their daughters to protect their sons'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tooby/the-assertion-that-culture-explains-human-variation-will-be-taken/)

John Tooby

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## More by John Tooby

> [The assertion that 'culture' explains human variation will be taken seriously when there are reports of women war parties raiding villages to capture men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tooby/the-assertion-that-culture-explains-human-variation-will-be-taken/)

John Tooby

> [Entropy makes things fall, but life ingeniously rigs the game so that when they do they often fall into place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tooby/entropy-makes-things-fall-but-life-ingeniously-rigs-the-game-so-that/)

John Tooby

> [Individual organisms are best thought of as adaptation-executers rather than as fitness-maximizers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tooby/individual-organisms-are-best-thought-of-as-adaptation-executers/)

John Tooby

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