It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.
“I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato.”
“Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose; but in fact each hill and valley in it had a man who was its acknowledged owner and would quickly assert the right of his family or clan to it, against aggression.”