Whereas I have no problem with culture being dependant upon artifact, in
fact, I demand it.
Regardless of any social interaction or learning or anthropomorphic
interpretation of sounds, what even chimpanzees possess is not a culture.
Social behavior is a varied and complex set of actions. An artifact
defines a culture. No human species, even without a written language,
existed without artifact.
Culture is Level 1.
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morbius@us1.channel1.com | shouldn't do to a dog.'
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