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.
Prisons In Latin America And The Caribbean - Comprehensive information on prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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SOSIG: South America - The Social Science Information Gateway provides search and browse access to resources for social scientists.
South American Languages - A paper from Athena Review on the many languages and language families of South America.
Summer Ministries in South America - Summer ministries histories in Brazil and Paraguay. Include the teams, chronology and related links.