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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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Society and Culture :: Scotland
Murray stuns Nadal to reach final
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:07:55 -0000
Scotland's Andy Murray completes a stunning win over world number one Rafael Nadal to reach his first Grand Slam final at the US Open.
'Dozens' of under-16s have STIs
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:09:54 -0000
A total of 281 children under the age of 16 contracted a sexually transmitted infection last year, new figures reveal.
Heroin warning after two deaths
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:40:51 -0000
Drug users in the Inverness area are warned of possible contaminated heroin, after two sudden deaths at the weekend.
Nuclear option 'must be examined'
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:17:24 -0000
Scotland needs to consider creating a new generation of nuclear power plants to ensure energy security, according to business leaders.
Students step onto 'super campus'
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:18:12 -0000
A £37m development to complete a "super campus" in south west Scotland opens its doors to students.
Golden eagle chicks fly the nest
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:45:12 -0000
A pair of golden eagles nesting in Argyll have reared two chicks for the first time since 46 wind turbines were built nearby.
Brown, Russell - Member of Parliament for Dumfries and Galloway Constituency. Includes link to Labour Party policies.
Meta Description: [ regiment campaign KOSB Kings Own Scottish Borderers ]
Churches and Graveyards in Dumfries and Galloway - Annotated pages providing photographic views in localities throughout the region.
Cook, Greive and Robb Families - Originating from Ireland and Kirkmaiden in Wigtownshire and formally living in Howden in Selkirshire. Provides genealogy information about the families.
Meta Description: [ The Cook and Robb families lived in Port Logan, Wigtownshire. The Greive family, with some capped Scottish cricketers, lived in Howden, Selkirkshire. ]
David Mundell MSP - Includes a personal profile, campaign, parliamentary report, endorsements and contacts for Scottish Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Constituency Conservatives.
Meta Description: [ David Mundell is the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency in south west Scotland ]
Dumfries and Galloway - Annotated list of archaelogical and historical sites and building within the former counties of Dumfriesshire, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and Wigtownshire.
Dumfries and Galloway Community - Resources for health, police, fire and rescue services, including the voluntary sector. Managed by unitary authority council, at their headquarters in Dumfries.
Meta Description: [ Dumfries & Galloway Community is a community portal which will give you easy access to information about the range of community and public services in Dumfries & Galloway. ]
Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society - Details of aims, events, castle excavation, transactions, the Ann Hill Research Committee and contacts.
Meta Description: [ Founded in 1862 The objects of the Society shall be to collect and publish the best information on the natural sciences and antiquities (including history, records, genealogy, customs and heraldry) of the three counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Wigtown; to procure the preservation of object... ]
Glenlair: The home of James Clerk Maxwell - The original stewart mansion of the Scottish scientist, which was damaged by fire in 1929. Includes history, photographic description of the estate and contacts.
Meta Description: [ The site describes the original home of the famous Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell as it is today ]
History of Buittle Parish - Listing the background and genealogy of the parishes of Buittle and Palnackie. Provides census information, valuation rolls and other records.
Meta Description: [ The Web Pages of Buittle Parish, in Galloway, Scotland. A collection of
articles, book extracts and old postcards illustrative of views in the Parish. ]
Imchad Ancestry - Personal pages featuring the regions towns in photographic galleries, including castles, gardens and churches, with accompanying information on genealogy.
Meta Description: [ Family History Research is an ever expanding, very time consuming, often frustrating, but ever fascinating and most rewarding hobby. Ian McClumpha of IMCHAD has the expertise to research in all the sources, from Local Libraries to the National Archives of Scotland. Imchad specialises in putting ... ]
Penpont Heritage - Looks at the history of this village in the area of mid-Nithsdale and its most famous son, explorer Joseph Thomson. Includes historic photographs, history project and an illustrated biography of Joseph Thomson.
Meta Description: [ Heritage site of Penpont village, Dumfriesshire, South West Scotland and its most famous son, explorer Joseph Thomson ]
Scottish Episcopal Church: St Mary's and Greyfriars - Services, activities, including childrens' Sunday school, and history of two churches, respectively at Gatehouse of Fleet and Kirkcudbright.
Meta Description: [ The Scottish Episcopal Churches of Greyfriars, Kirkcudbright and St Mary's, Gatehouse of Fleet in Galloway in South West Scotland, invite you to worship with us. , The Scottish Episcopal Churches of Greyfriars, Kirkcudbright and St Mary's, Gatehouse of Fleet in Galloway in South West Scotland, in... ]
Seanachaidh - Folk tales and folklore of the area.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Seanachaidh the storyteller, on these pages I intend to introduce you
to the folk tales and folklore of my native area Dumfries and Galloway, in the South West of Scotland. ]
Solway Heritage - Works to conserve, interpret and promote the natural, built and cultural heritage. Includes case studies.
Meta Description: [ Solway Heritage works to conserve, interpret and promote the natural, built and cultural heritage of Dumfries and Galloway. Company Limited by Guarantee constituted in 1988, Registered Charity, and is a registered Environmental Body under the Landfill Tax regulations. ]
Stewartry Archaeological Trust - Features excavation of a Neolithic round cairn at Newbarns, and southern Bailey and defences of Buittle Castle, Ingleston. Archive of news, photographic gallery, discussion forum and contacts at Rhonehouse.
Meta Description: [ Stewartry Archaeological Trust ]
Stewartry Graveyards Illustrated - Gallery of gravestones, monumental inscriptions for parishes of Borgue, Buittle, Colvend and Southwick, Kirkcudbright, Parton, Rerrick, Tongland and Twynholm.
Stewartry Kirks Project - List of ecclesiastical sites within the old county of Kikcubrightshire, from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. Includes literature references, links to photgraphic galleries and contact for coordinator.
Meta Description: [ Website of the Stewartry Kirks Project. Recording the upstanding remains of early christianity in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. ]
ty and Voluntary Sector Information Services Database - Searchable guide to organisations in the region, including related links.
Wigtownshire Families - Genealogy history of the Stewart, McKie and Barr families from Wigtownshire. Also contains information about other families connected by marriage.
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