The organic analogy refers to the idea that:
a. the parts of a culture are interconnected much as are the organs of a living animal.
b. only the fittest members of a species will survive.
c. humans evolved directly from non-human primates.
d. culture helps people adapt to their environments.
e. culture is a living and breathing entity that affects human survival.
Question 2
Which of the following statements is false?
a. Culture provides humans with a quicker and more efficient means of adaptation than Darwinian natural selection alone.
b. Darwinian natural selection is the primary means by which non-human animals and plants adapt to the world.
c. Darwinian natural selection is the way that animals adapt to their world, but humans adapt only by means of culture.
d. Not all aspects of culture are adaptive for humans.
e. Culture is the primary means by which humans adapt to their world.
Parts of a bone.
Parts of the stethoscope
MDCK cells can form cysts in culture
Jeremy Bentham, A General Idea of a Penitentiary Panopticon, drawn by Willey Reveley.
Elements of Culture
Art and culture