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Claude Levi-Strauss dies at 100; French philosopher's ideas transformed anthropology

Claude Levi-Strauss, the French philosopher widely considered the father of modern anthropology because of his then-revolutionary conclusion that so-called primitive societies did not differ greatly intellectually from modern ones, died Friday at his home in Paris from natural causes. He was 100.

By Thomas H. Maugh II

November 4, 2009

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