SOCI 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Culture Shock, Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism
23 Oct 2016
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As brain size increased, birthing needed to occur at an earlier stage of development because a larger head could not fit through a female birth canal. This resulted in a need for greater parental care as offspring were born at a less developed stage: pair-bonding: the attachment of a male to female is believed to have occurred between. 2. 4 and 1. 9 million years ago: subsistence: the stages in acquiring and distributing food took place over a number of periods. Evidence of tools being used: environmental adaptation: the use of caves, fire, and evidence of sewing dates back years, though, language, art, and religion: art dates back millions of years to relay communication. Defining features of culture: culture is concerned: no one is born with culture. Rather, we are constantly immersed in cultural traditions by our parents, siblings, and peers. Material culture: the tangible artifacts and physical objects found in a given culture.
