ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lactose Intolerance, Dual Inheritance Theory, Allele Frequency
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Says biology and culture are both important in understanding humans and evolution, human behavior. A) what is culture? is all aspects of human beliefs, material culture, and behavior. Culture is learned and its transmitted by non biological means. B) enculturation is a process by which individuals learn the cultural beliefs and values of society and the way these values and beliefs are transmitting. C) evolution is the biological changes in the genetic structure of a population from one generation to the next. it does includes speciation (development of new species) as well as smaller and larger changes. Biocultural evolution is the way biology and culture interact and interacted to affect the way humans have evolved. Biocultural adaptation refers to physiological or behavior adjustments made by organisms (humans in this case) in response to the environment , and that environment can either be physical or cultural. Scientific method theory- is a well estbd. and well accepted hypothesis and involves 3 things.
