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cultural anthropology  

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  • Cultural anthropologists have studied deception around the world and have found that they exist in virtually all human societies in varying degrees of frequency and concern. Deception is actually a fundamental human capacity, found even in nonhuman primates, and societies struggle to strike a balance between it and the desire to be good, trustworthy, and honest. [Source: Encyclopedia of Deception; Anthropology, Cultural]

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