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 is so bloody boring.
Camereezy (Camereezy) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:20:35 -0000
Society and culture is so bloody boring.
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tn_worldnews (TheNational World) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:17:13 -0000
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Yes! Finished Musui's Story! But now I have "Tokugawa Society - Material Culture, Standard of Living and Life-Styles" to read =_=
sakuraso (Aleks D) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:17:06 -0000
Yes! Finished Musui's Story! But now I have "Tokugawa Society - Material Culture, Standard of Living and Life-Styles" to read =_=
I'm either out of touch with pop culture and society, or these trending topics are weak lately.
7duckets (Vanessa) Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:40:36 -0000
I'm either out of touch with pop culture and society, or these trending topics are weak lately.
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