Gift Giving

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Certain forms of gift-giving are customary among all or nearly all peoples. Often the patterns are elaborate and the items given have a ritual specification and implication. The exchange of gifts for sex (almost invariably from male to female) occurs in many species. Food sharing among some nonhuman primates may be a precursor to human gift-giving.

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