ANTHRO 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neolithic Revolution, Natufian Culture, Extensive-Form Game
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Ecosystem: a system, or a functioning whole, composed of both natural environment and all the organisms living within it. Cultural evolution: cultural change over time; not to be confused with progress. Progress: the notion that humans are moving forward to a better, more advanced stage in their cultural development toward perfection. Convergent evolution: in cultural evolution, the development of similar cultural adaptations to similar environmental conditions by different peoples with different ancestral cultures. Parallel evolution: in cultural evolution, the development of similar cultural adaptations to similar environmental conditions by peoples whose ancestral cultures were already somewhat alike. Culture area: a geographic region in which a number of societies follow similar patterns of life. Culture core: cultural features that are fundamental in the society"s ways of making its living - including food-producing techniques, knowledge of available resources, and the work arrangements involved in applying those techniques to the local environment. Food foraging: hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plant foods.
