As it was mentioned in the previous topic1 for some researchers the beginnings of anthropology are hard to locate2 however most of the scientist agree in giving more importance to the documentation of the conquest of new political and commercial territories carried out by the Greeks and their successors3 the Romans in classical antiquity4 and the trips made by the Spaniards in the mid-sixteenth century in the Americas.

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As it was mentioned in the previous topic, for some researchers the beginnings of anthropology are hard to locate, however most of the scientist agree in giving more importance to the documentation of the conquest of new political and commercial territories carried out by the Greeks and their successors, the Romans in classical antiquity, and the trips made by the Spaniards in the mid-sixteenth century in the Americas. These wars of conquest, which made the Mexican or Aztec, Mayan and Inca cultures disappear almost completely, also caused an extensive compilation of the way these cultures lived. Specifically the case of Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, whose works show many related details, which constitute a valuable contribution to the study of the ancient history of your country and laid, in turn, the basis for many anthropological studies. According to the taxonomy proposed by Marzal (1998), three stages can be recognized in the development of anthropology: Description of other cultures and reflection on the transformation of their practices Search for scientific laws of evolution of societies and their institutions Search for scientific laws of the functioning of societies, from...