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Interesting, the theme that "the dangers of knowledge (Pandora, Genesis) may be as old as humanity.". Did that one stem from power (and pesky upstarts) too?

(Is nixtamalization (of cornmeal) an example or a counterexample?)



What is the field that studies or pontificates upon the historical? forces that led to various cultural themes?




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