The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically. This capacity is long been taken as a defining feature of the genus Homo. However, primatologists such as Jane Goodall have identified aspects of culture among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.Goodall, J. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior.

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Beautiful piece @tonyowright, I wonder if the whale was just as surprised as you were. http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
Kate_Hannon (Kate Hannon) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:09:31 -0000
Beautiful piece @tonyowright, I wonder if the whale was just as surprised as you were. http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
Summary of everything really, from @tonyowright www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/betwixt-sacred-and-propane-20100903-14uh4.html
angelapriestley (Angela Priestley) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:04:50 -0000
Summary of everything really, from @tonyowright www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/betwixt-sacred-and-propane-20100903-14uh4.html
A lovely piece of writing RT @tonyowright: My take on not much at all and maybe everything http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
ben_hr (Ben Harris-Roxas) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:03:22 -0000
A lovely piece of writing RT @tonyowright: My take on not much at all and maybe everything http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
Lovely RT @firstdogonmoon: What a nice man. RT @tonyowright: My take on not much at all and maybe everything http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
Lorinimus (Lorinimus) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:59:59 -0000
Lovely RT @firstdogonmoon: What a nice man. RT @tonyowright: My take on not much at all and maybe everything http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
“@tonyowright: My take on not much at all and maybe everything http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu Good piece Tony
MargaretSimons (MargaretSimons) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:57:06 -0000
“@tonyowright: My take on not much at all and maybe everything http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu Good piece Tony
RT @annabelcrabb: Don't miss this beautiful column by @tonyowright http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu
adamjacobbryant (adam bryant) Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:56:36 -0000
RT @annabelcrabb: Don't miss this beautiful column by @tonyowright http://tinyurl.com/246yrgu

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