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Johann Jakob Bachofen

Swiss anthropologist who theorized about matriarchy and primitive communism.

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Also known as Bachofen, ↩ Bachofen

First appearance: Mutual Aid Among Savages

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Bachofen is listed among the founders of the science of the embryology of human institutions, which established that the family is a late product of evolution.
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In Mutual Aid Among Savages: Bachofen is listed among the founders of the science of the embryology of human institutions, which established that the family is a late product of evolution. Later, in VII: The Origin of…

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MKMaxim KovalevskyLHLewis H. MorganAHAlbert Hermann…JFJohn Ferguson …JLJohn LubbockJJJohann Jakob Bachofen

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