SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Margaret Atwood, George Murdock, Social Reality
Document Summary
Complex collection of values, beliefs, behaviors and material objects shared by a group and passed on from one generation to the next. Culture define what is appropriate to eat basically saying our bodies do not care which food provide nourishment. Three reason why we cannot determine when culture begans: little material evidence. It is non-material and cannot be preserved for future generations to study: developments that enabled our ancestor to become cultural were all interconnected and integral for the emergence of culture. Homo sapiens: modern human begins: began in africa and began to move through asia. In humans, it helps define how, when and why humans communicate with each other and with whom [ who is acceptable to date] Culture can be dividied into two major segements: material culture: tangible artifacts and physical objects found in a given culture, nonmaterial culture: intangible and abstract componenets of a society including values and norms.
