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Table I: Differences between Morgan and Boas: A B C D E F G H I 1. Morgan Unilineal trajectory Deductive method 2. Boas Historical particularism Inductive method Social conservative Social activist racism Data-poor (at least in Ancient Society) Nomothetic; “theoretical” evolutionism etic comparative Evolution discourse (change in one direction—forward) Cultural relativism Data-rich Ideographic; “a-theoretical” diffusionism emic descriptive Extinction discourse (change in another direction—the end) Table II: Similarities Between Morgan and Boas A B C D E F G H 1. BOTH Morgan and Boas were . . . 4-fields approach diachronic idealists Salvage anthropology Unity of mankind 2. NEITHER Morgan or Boas was . . . In-depth fieldworker by today’s standards holistic Biological determinist