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An anthropologist hypothesizes that a famous inter-island gift exchange primarily functioned to preserve and transmit navigation knowledge, not to redistribute wealth. The argument predicts that rituals accompanying exchanges would systematically teach voyagers star paths, currents, and landfall cues along routes taken by gifts; where exchanges lapse, navigational lexicon and route memory should erode even if trade continues by other means. Critics counter that prestige dynamics or later technological changes could explain any association between exchange and seafaring skill. The anthropologist replies that the clearest evidence would link exchange ceremonies to structured navigational training and show knowledge decay specifically when exchanges cease, independent of economic activity.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the anthropologist's claim?
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