The word culture, from the Latincolo, -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.
Economic woes get Idaho's attention
For Mike Ferguson, Idaho's chief economist, these are anxious times. Does Cove Springs have new life?
Developers of the proposed Cove Springs project plan to go back to the drawing board and come up with a full, revised application for Blaine County based on the results of a mediation that concluded Monday. Team takes over down under
Popular Ketchum bar and restaurant the Cellar Pub changed ownership on Wednesday, though no major alterations are planned. Prosecutor mum on Pothier's girlfriend
The Blaine County prosecuting attorney has yet to say whether he is contemplating criminal charges against a 27-year-old Hailey woman who recanted testimony given in court and statements made to police regarding felony battery charges against her boyfriend. Snow shovel fight leads to probation
A 29-year-old Rupert man has been sentenced to three years probation for gouging his boss in the neck last winter with a hay hook. Man charged with witness intimidation
A 26-year-old Hailey man has been charged with a felony for allegedly threatening the wife of his brother, who had been arrested for domestic battery.
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