Culture is the most important concept in anthropology (the study of all
aspects of human life, past and present). Anthropologists commonly use the term
culture to refer to a society or group in which many or all people live and think in
the same ways. Likewise, any group of people who share a common culture and in
particular, common rules of behavior and a basic form of social organization that
constitutes a society. Thus, the terms culture and society are somewhat
interchangeable. However, while many animals live in societies, such as herds of
elk or packs of wild dogs, only humans have culture.