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RECENT research suggests that the various forms of human culture are the result of a process of organic growth. Continuity is apparently the key-note of the study of the history of civilisation. But, because it is not possible in each case to supply the missing links, it is incumbent on those who believe in continuity to construct a mechanism of the development and spread of civilisation in all ages and places. The following generalisations suggest how this process has been effected.
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01 April 1921
—Mr. W. J. Perry writes:—“In the article in NATURE of March 31 entitled ‘The Development and Spread of Civilisation,’ I inadvertently put 3700 B.C. for a date that should be 3400 B.C.”
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PERRY, W. The Development and Spread of Civilisation. Nature 107, 146–148 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107146a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107146a0