History is always in part a history of the present, reflecting our figure-ground relation to the past. So too, arguably, anthropology over the decades has arguably reflected its particular time and place as this has changed over time. We can presently consider this in relation to the terms "savage" and "primitive" in our field. First, some objective evidence concerning the validity of our session statement can be taking from ngram - Google's calculation of the frequency of word use in English language books.