SOCA01H3 Chapter 5: CHAPTER 5 NOTE
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Culture is a complex collection of values, beliefs, behaviours, and material objects shared by a group and passed on from on generation to the next: all cultures define what is appropriate to eat. Canadians eat hamburgers, french fries, etc. while asians eat rice, curry, etc: no one can really determine when culture began for these reasons: Very little material evidence survives over a long period of time. Much of the culture is nonmaterial (belief system) and so, cannot be preserved for future generations to study. Many of the developments that enabled our ancestors to become cultural (dietary changes, language, technology, etc. ) were all interconnected and integral for the emergence of culture. Paleoanthropologists and archeologists have studied various aspects of the evolution of human culture to determine when human culture may have begun: social life. Early hominid ancestors lived in groups as far back as 4. 4 million years ago: parental care.
