He received his doctorate from the University of Halle, after which, encouraged by H. Steinthal, he studied Völkerpsychologie, an anthropological investigation of the origins of cultural products such as art and literature.
Among his best-known works are The Rise of Anthropological Theory (1968), Cannibals and Kings: The Origins of Cultures (1977), Cultural Materialism: The Struggle for a Science of Culture (1979), and Cultural Anthropology (1983).
The uncertainty and confusion over the origin of modern cultural behavior stem from what appears to be a great time lag between the point when the species first looked modern and when it acted modern.
If the origin of the Cultural Factor were exogenous, then there would not be a gap in incomes within communities.
Medieval people were subjected to an Hg exposure, which can be divided into a global background exposure and occasional much higher point source exposures of cultural origins.
It has a staff of Chinese origin, with understanding of cultural sensitives and media regulations.
The results indicated that the main predictors of ethnic identification (i.e., immigrants' identification with their culture of origin) were cultural distance, extent of friendship with Australians, the degree to which the immigrants were involved with their ethnic communities, and their ability to speak English.
The section of a newspaper, magazine or website devoted to what you're having for your tea isn't usually the stuff of online petitions or open displays of fury (unless you're arguing over the origins of hummus, cultural appropriation or the best paella).
Featuring movie clips and well-edited interviews with directors, producers, writers, and actors, the documentary traces the origins of a cultural revolution and the forces that made it both possible and necessary, and it has a satisfyingly booklike depth and heft.
Ms. Khanjian, who had been raised speaking Armenian, infused Mr. Egoyan with a stronger sense of his origins; his cycle of cultural identification was complete.
