putting the cultural animal in perspective
This chapter has emphasized that human social behavior results from a mixture of nature and culture. Human beings are animals and, such, have many of the same as wants, needs, and behavior patterns that other animals have. According to the theory of evolution, human beings evolved from other animals. The special traits that make us human are thus mostly a result of gradual refinements of traits that animals had. Some notable biological traits differentiate humans from other animals We have exception- ally large and capable brains, especially in proportion to body size. we walk upright. We can talk.