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The 11 pages that link to Unilineal evolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Franz BoasCompared with: Boas rejected its universal sequence as unsupported by careful historical and ethnographic evidence.

• AnimismRelated: Tylor placed animism near the beginning of a hierarchy that later anthropology rejected.

• EthnocentrismBroader topic: Nineteenth-century versions often placed Western societies at the top of a universal cultural ladder.

• Edward Burnett TylorCompared with: This stronger version of evolutionary thinking captures the staged model often associated with Tylor.

• James George FrazerRelated: Frazer’s magic–religion–science sequence exemplifies this theory of historical development.

• Social evolutionismRelated: This label identifies the cultural version of the theory’s central developmental scheme.

• Leslie WhiteCompared with: White’s general theory differed from older schemes that ranked societies along one fixed ladder.

• Robert LowieCompared with: Lowie challenged its universal stages by emphasizing distinct cultural histories.

• Lewis H. MorganRelated: Morgan’s scheme is a prominent example of this nineteenth-century approach.

• Sociocultural evolutionBroader topic: It is the single-track model historically associated with sociocultural evolution.

• Culture (social anthropology)Compared with: Boasian anthropology rejected its ranking of cultures along a single evolutionary scale.