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What’s the Point of Giving Gifts? An Anthropologist’s Perspective
Chip Colwell 12/19/23 Chip Colwell 12/19/23

What’s the Point of Giving Gifts? An Anthropologist’s Perspective

A university researcher got curious about the culturally ubiquitous practice of giving things away. Why would people simply hand over something precious or valuable when they could use it themselves?

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