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I think it's always handy to keep in mind that human culture is a result of genetics.

• stcredzero 9y ago
  Both of those factors interact. However, it would be ridiculous and extreme to say that human culture is entirely genetically inherited and transmitted. Given the data, I'd say that the lion's share of culture is learned. When it comes to biologically based systems, the lesson of Darwinian vs. Lamarckian evolution in 2018, is that, "It's complicated."
  • toasterlovin 9y ago
    > I'd say that the lion's share of culture is learned. I would say that the majority of what makes a given culture unique and different from other cultures is learned. But the elements of culture that are shared between cultures are probably based in genetics. Also, regarding Darwinian vs. Lamarckian evolution: my reading is that epigenetics is mainly comprised of some interesting phenomena that, when taken together, don't really account for that much of the genetic variety that we see in humans and, thus, are more of a fleshing out, rather than a revolution, of our understanding of genetics.