How Have Anthropologists Tried to Bring Evolution into the Study

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Essay

How have anthropologists tried to bring evolution into the study of human culture? Have these approaches succeeded,or failed? Why? Do you see any way in which evolution and culture could be united into a broad and effective explanatory paradigm?

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Innate Capacity

A natural ability or talent that an individual is born with, not acquired through learning.

Relativist

A philosophical stance asserting that points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, subjective value according to differences in perception and consideration.

Phonemes

The tiniest sound elements in a language that can differentiate one word from another.

Morphemes

The smallest grammatical units in a language, capable of conveying meaning, such as root words, prefixes, and suffixes.