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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Former President Clinton will help raise campaign money in Houston next week for state Senate candidate Chris Bell, seven months after Bell campaigned across Texas for Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
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Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:19:00 -0000
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Many Mexican buses not inspected, hearing panel told
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:58:00 -0000
Buses entering Texas from Mexico undergo a haphazard border inspection system, according to state and federal officials called to testify today about how a Houston charter bus that crashed near Victoria got into the United States in the first place.
North Houston woman slain in fight over loud music
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:14:00 -0000
A north Houston woman who had complained that her neighbor was playing music too loud is facing a murder charge after an argument led to a fatal shooting.
HPD seeks help identifying slain woman, finding killer
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:16:00 -0000
The woman, who suffered head wounds, was found in a vacant house in east Houston in July.
Feds give state permission to oust North Forest board
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:44:00 -0000
The state's plan to disband the North Forest school board has won approval from the U.S. Department of Justice, despite claims the drastic move violates the rights of minority voters, a federal spokesman said today.

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