The Importance Of Cultural Evolution

The Neolithic Revolution was the major change in human life caused by the beginnings of farming. This revolution changed people’s lives in several ways. It changed the way people lived because before the Neolithic Revolution they relied on hunting and gathering food. It also changed the way they settled, because of this revolution they were able to live in villages for a long time, unlike before; they had to relocate often because their food source would become scarce.  The way civilizations lived changed because of the Neolithic Revolution. A civilization is a form of culture that consists of cities, advanced technology, specialized workers, complex institutions, and record keeping. The early river valley civilizations; which developed in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, and China, had more similarities than differences. The river valley civilizations were similar when it came to their writing systems, inventions, and geography. However, they were also different when it came to writing systems and inventions.

According to Darwin (Date), there is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental and perceived emotional faculties. In theory, every organism is engrained with complex, useful, and non-arbitrary bits of information that is essential to its survival. Organisms know when it is time to migrate, when it is best to hunt, and when mating should occur. According to Name (Date), these faculties are actually nonrandom parts of our development they must have come from either divine design or natural selection. The notion of whether or not divine design or natural selection is the result of an organisms faculties has sparked significant debate since Darwin first proposed his theory of natural selection

Change is the only consistent factor in any society, collective, or individual. Change is inescapable. Since change is constant then why are societies usually so fixed on attempting to be rigid in their culture? In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury uses the culture surrounding Montag to illustrate the evolution of his moral belief system in regards to knowledge.

The belief that various living organisms emerged from previous organisms throughout the history of the earth can be associated with the term evolution. One can therefore assume that there is a vast likelihood that prehistoric evolutionary processes have a significant impact on human behavior today. This paper hypothesizes that the human mind has information-processing mechanisms that are known as adaptions which have developed over time. It is believed that these adaptions were formed by natural selection in ancestral surroundings and have specialised functions that shape behaviour to allow one to solve specific adaptive challenges. Thus evolutionary psychologists suggest that individuals have what Jerome H. Barkow, Leda Cosmides, and John

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary and Thesaurus defines the word adapt as a verb and its meaning is “to make suitable or fit (as in for new use or different conditions)” (14). Most people in the United States would say that the ability to adapt is simply a part of the American way of life. Americans have always relied on this trait from the early days of British colonization to present times. It can be demonstrated in all facets of life. Adaptability was the reason the old frontier was populated; people adjusted to the unfamiliar climates, conditions, and lands. Immigrants were able to and continue to be adapt to the American culture and thrive in the United States. Americans adapted to the threat of the enemy during World War II and had to acclimate to a life full of restrictions in their day to day activities. In the military, soldiers must adapt to a new way of thinking to allow themselves to become warriors. Now Americans must adapt to a life lived in view of everyone with the use social media and camera ready cell phones. Throughout the course of American history and into our present times American citizens have depended on their ability to adapt; whether it be mentally, physically, and/or emotionally. It was imperative that citizens were adaptable in the past and it continues to be so today, not only to survive but to prosper.

First off, social change is known to be different variations over time. These variations consist of patterns in behavior culture ideals or standards. However, there are many terms that are used to establish different changes in our culture that are aimed in our communities, cities, towns, basically in our society. Social change always changes differently and sometimes tend to overlap. When it comes to social change many aspects come to mind. I believe social change is very important nowadays. Furthermore, it should stay as an important matter throughout life. Social change is important because it produces a better outcome in life and human beings. It is also part of a solution to many problems. Social

The reality of change is a scary but a necessary situation during life. It brings people together through hard times, like hurricane Katrina. It could tear a society apart as it did to the Roman Empire when it fell into the wrong hands of a blood thirsty dictator. Changes could be harmless, in the sense that human life didn’t die because of it, like East Africa transitioning from a jungle to a grassland. Changes sometimes go unnoticed, like the sky changing from sunny to partly cloudy. Throughout all these different kinds of changes, people react in different ways and may make hard, indecisive decisions on how to solve or deal with the problem or issues. Change effects humans differently throughout time or in a matter of an over night experience,

Societies may become more complex and advanced over time, changing the way that each society works. As time goes on, technology advances, changing the way people see the world as we talked about earlier in this unit. Societies of the past were much more dependent on people to do their job because they did not have much of the technology of today. These days, we have so many advancements that many jobs that were crucial before, are done by machines now. Societies also change due to modifications in the way the people think about the society they are in. The way we see and think about things can change, and as that happens, we may not have the same thoughts as the other people in the societies we are in. For example, I may be a part of a society based on a religion, but as we advance in learning about our past, archeologists find something about said religion and it completely changes my view of the religion. Societies stay the same and change at the same time over the years because the reason why the people are together will usually stay the same, but the people are what change. As the days go on, people drop-out and join different societies constantly causing the physical appearance to change but the idea of the society to stay the same. Societies, while being basic organization, are very complex things to

Change is a natural part of human life and the world as a whole really. Whether it be a drought in California, a massive snowstorm on the east coast, or it could be a child being born, living in a new place, anything that is different is change. As humans we have the ability to overcome and adapt to the change, but that still does not make it less hard to deal with. One might deal with change by changing their mindset, letting it become normal again, or sometimes just ignore the change.

The people were forced to adapt in order to survive. A prime example would be what happened to knockout Ned in the movie. He had a job and wanted no part of the delinquent acts of the gangs but was forced into it when Li'l Ze attacked him and his family. He did what he had to do to survive by adapting to the conditions around him.

Evolutionary psychology is the study of universal human nature, or the sex specific male human nature and female human nature. Human nature consists of domain-specific evolved psychological mechanisms. A psychological mechanism is an information-processing procedure which evolution by natural and sexual selection has equipped humans to possess in order to solve an adaptive problem, such as: survival and reproduction. Psychological mechanisms mostly operate behind our conscious thinking. Evolved psychological mechanisms produce values and preferences, which performers then pursue within their constraints; they also engender emotions.

Developments affect individuals, groups and society in general. Individuals are affected because they have to adapt to a new way of think and or acting, which means that they are brought out of their comfort zones. When individuals begin to change they affect the groups in which they exist and consequently societies. Cultures are based on the collectible norms of people within a society for these developments to change cultural practices.

Social darwinism is the theory of human groups and races are subjects to the same laws of natural selection.laissez faire was developed from social darwinism.it also caused a lot of suffering mentally and physical capacity.Darwinism was created before the origin species.

In the past anthropologist have compared different cultures and set up an explanation for their development starting from an uncivilized society and transforming to a civilized society. This is based on different theory's that sets the basis of the Unilinear evolutionist thought. This thought is shared and best explained by evolutionists like Taylor, Spencer, and Morgan. This theory views a societies development as a linear path of progression. Here, the western society is set to be in the height level of society and the rest follow the line towards the western view. With time we see that a new theory of thought is set into motion. In Contrast to the unilinear view is Boas historical particularity. He argues that cultural change can't be measured

The world is always changing which forces people to modify their ways of life. Some people label changes in society, politics, economics,