Lesson 4.5: Human Capacity for Culture

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that complex whole which encompasses beliefs,
practices, values, attitudes, laws, norms, artifacts, symbols, knowledge, and
everything that a person learns and shares as a member of a society

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culture

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It is by-product of the attempt of humans to survive their environment and
to compensate for their biological characteristics and limitations.

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culture

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a natural process of biological changes occurring in a
population across successive generations

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evolution

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It helps us identify
and analyze man’s physiological development and eventually the emergence of
different society

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evolution

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4 species in human biocultural evolution

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hominids, homo habilis, homo erectus, homo sapiens

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hominids means

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manlike primates

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homo habilis means

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handy man

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homo erectus means

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the upright man

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homo sapiens means

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the thinking man

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The development of the different species of primates
which were able to evolve in 40 million years ago

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hominids

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The apelike men who first to used stone tools as weapons
and protection of their enemies.

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homo habilis

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It was believed to be the first man like creature that lived
about 500,000 years ago in Asia, Africa and Europe.

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homo erectus

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This
manlike specie could walk straight with almost the same brain
with modern man. He made refined stone stools for hunting
and weapons for protection of the enemies.

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homo erectus

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It was believed that this was the direct descendant of
modern man who lived about 250,000 years ago. They had
similar physical descriptions with modern man.

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homo sapiens

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They
originated as the primitive men whose activities were largely
dependent on hunting, fishing and agriculture. They buried
their dead, used had tools and had religion.

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homo sapiens

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subspecies of homo sapiens

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neanderthals and cro-magnon man

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Discovered in Neanderthal valley
near Dusseldorf, Germany in 1856 who lived in cave
and dependent in hunting and fishing.

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neanderthal man

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Discovered by a French
archaeologist Louis Lartet in the Cro Magnon Cave in
Southern France. It was believed to live in Europe, Asia
and Africa. As a prehistoric man, they were the first to
produce art in cave paintings and crafting decorated
tools and accessories.

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cro-magnon man

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Four Biological Capacity of Human to Develop Culture

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our thinking, gripping, speaking, and walking/standing CAPACITY

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The primary biological component of humans that allowed
for culture is the developed brain.

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our thinking capacity

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The primary biological component of humans that allowed
for culture is the

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developed brain

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It has the necessary
parts for facilitating pertinent skills such as speaking,
touching, feeling, seeing, and smelling.

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our thinking capacity

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how heavy is the human brain

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1.4kg

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Due to the size of brain and the
complexity of its parts, humans were able to create survival
skills that helped them adapt to their environment and
outlive their less adaptive biological relatives.

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our thinking capacity

Question 25

Look at your hands. Notice how your thumb relates with your other fingers. This capacity to directly oppose your thumb with your other fingers is an exclusive trait of humans. It allowed us to have a finger grip.

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our gripping capacity

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The hand of human has digits (fingers) that are straights, as compared with the curved ones of the other primates. Notice that the thumb of the human is proportionately longer than those of other primates.

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our gripping capacity

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enabled humans to wrap the thumb and fingers on an object; it became the cornerstone of our capacity to hold tool firmly for hunting and other activities.

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power grip

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enabled humans to hold and pick objects steadily using fingers. This capacity was crucial for toolmaking activities.

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precision grip

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As the brain is the capacity source of humans’ capacity to comprehend sound and provide meaning to it, the vocal tract acts as the mechanism by which sounds are produced and reproduced to transmit ideas and values.

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our speaking capacity

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Primates have two forms of locomotion, which are

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bipedalism and quadropedalism

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the capacity to walk and stand on two feet

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bipedalism

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uses all four limbs

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quadropedalism

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Being bipedal, humans gained more capacity to move while carrying objects with their free hands. It gave humans more capacity or productivity with their hands like hunting and foraging.

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our walking/standing capacity

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periods for cultural and sociopolitical development

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paleolithic period, neolithic age, age of metals

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Paleolithic period is known as

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old stone age

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neolithic age is known as

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new stone age

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era of paleolithic

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3 million to 8,000 B.C.

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neolithic age occurred sometime about

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10,000 BCE

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era of age of metals

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4,000 B.C. - 1,500 B.C.

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Use of simple pebble tools.

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Paleolithic period

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Learned to live in caves.

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Paleolithic period

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Discovered the use of fires.

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Paleolithic period

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Developed small sculptures; and monumental painting, incised designs, and reliefs on the wall of caves.

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Paleolithic period

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Stone tools were shaped by polishing or grinding.

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neolithic age

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Settlement in permanent villages.

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neolithic age

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Dependence on domesticated plants or animals.

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neolithic age

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Appearance of such crafts as pottery and weaving.

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neolithic age

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The used of metal such as bronze, copper, and iron produced a new historical development form cradles civilization of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, including India and China which later on spread throughout Asia

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age of metals

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It had already direct contacts through tribes, kingdoms, empire and later on state which the constant political activities were through conquest, wars and trade

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age of metals

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The civilization which defines to a more developed social, cultural, political and economic system.

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age of metals