Describe sociologist Gerhard Lenski's stages of sociocultural evolution, and explain how his view differs from that of Émile Durkheim's mechanical and organic solidarity and Ferdinand Tönnies's Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft.

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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