ANT 176 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Neoevolutionism, Cultural Ecology, Sociobiology
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The anthropological theory that specific cultural institutions function to support the structure of society or serve the needs of individuals in society. A theoretical perspective that holds that the ways in which cultural institutions work can best be understood by examining their effects on the environment. A theoretical perspective concerned with applying the insights of marxist thought to anthropology; neo-marxists modify marxist analysis to make it appropriate to the investigation of small-scale non-western societies. An ideal cultural patterns that influence behavior in a society. A culturally defined idea of what is true, right, and beautiful. A system of perceptions, values, beliefs, and customs that are significantly different from those of a larger, dominant culture within the same society. A change in the biological structure or lifeways of an individual or population by which it becomes better fitted to survive and reproduce in its own environment.
