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		gpvos on June 27, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules I don't know what the current state of research on this is, but I find it entirely plausible that rituals and social control existed before language.

vacri on June 27, 2015 [–]

Well, even creatures as low as termites and sardines exhibit mechanisms for social control - but it's not codified.

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