As Boas and his students substantiated and developed the cultural relativism which had replaced evolutionism and communication theory- it became an authoritative explanation and wide-spread in a certain period.

• 由于鲍亚士及其门生对文化相对主义的不断充实与发展,使它替代了进化学说和传播理论,使其理论在一定时期成为权威性的解释而广为流传。