The culture of primitive societies can be used as a model in understanding that of more complex ones, while studying a different culture can bring out the distinctiveness of one's own. "
此外，初民文化比較簡單，以之作為研究藍本，較能瞭解文化的結構；而經由異文化的研究經驗，再和自己的文化比較，也更能掌握文化差異。