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Marvin Harris: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Mar 11, 2024
Anniversary information added. Oct 21, 2023
Anniversary information added. Aug 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Marvin Harris, 74; Anthropologist, Writer. Mar 02, 2016
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Obituary of Marvin Harris. Mar 02, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Marvin Harris, 74, is Dead; Professor was Iconoclast of Anthropologists. Mar 02, 2016
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Obituary of Marvin Harris. Mar 02, 2016
Article revised. Dec 21, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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