Week 4 flashcards
What are maladaptive behaviors?
any behavior which brings harm, retards, or reduces an organism’s ability to meet its physiological needs and/or successfully reproduce
what is functionalism
cultural traits generally have an adaptive function
long history in social science
what is the adaptionist trap
the tendency to see everything as adaptation
the over use of functionalism
some traits are just simply neutral
conformity`
natural selection has embedded in us the need to conform
some traits may have been adaptive at some point but then times change and it is no longer useful
what are the common subsidence patterns
hunting and gathering
horticulture
pastoralism
Transhumnaces
Agriculture
What are the sociopolitical types
TriBe
Cheifdom
State
the JU hoansi lived where
southern africa mostly Botswana and namibia
THEy JU hoansi speak KUm and»»
it is the oldest unchanged language in the world and it is click language
