As anthropology emerged from the intellectual atmosphere of the Enlightenment, early anthropologists were interested in explaining the similarities and differences among the diverse cultures of the world. Edward B.Tylor attempted to answer the question of why societies were at different or similar levels of evolution and development through the explanation of __________.

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Edward B. Tylor attempted to answer the question of why societies were at different levels of evolution and development through the explanation of unilineal evolution, which posits that all societies evolve along a single path from simple to complex.

As Anthropology Emerged from the Intellectual Atmosphere of the Enlightenment