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Ethnographic studies of recent societies are rich in examples of biological parentage taking a back seat to other kinds of family relationships.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023

My ancestors “initiated” Picasso from afar when he visited the Ethnographic Museum of the Trocadéro in Paris at age 25.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Ethnographic records from other groups around the world suggest these rates are typical for hunter-gatherers.

From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022

Ethnographic sculpture was perversely complicated with a wild mix of objectives and motivations, and this exhibition does a good job of revealing that complexity.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2022

Examined with Reference to the Physical, Ethnographic, and Historical Conditions of the Provinces; chiefly on the Basis of the Revenue-Settlement Records and District Manuals.

From A Woman's Part in a Revolution by Hammond, Natalie Harris