The contention that Hopkin’s extensive anthropological fieldwork led to a unified theory is (i) – close scrutiny reveals a (ii) of observations that, at times, even prove (iii) one another.
Blank (i)
redoubtable
specious
unbiased
Blank (ii)
mere hodgepodge
coherent system
meticulous scaffolding
Blank (iii)
inimical to
convergent with
susceptible to