Nature of man in the problem field of biocultural anthropology

  • H. V. Salata Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts
Keywords: biocultural anthropology, gene-culture coevolution, biology, culture, society

Abstract

This article attempts to analyze biocultural principle in human nature in the context of biocultural anthropology. Biocultural anthropology overcomes the one-sidedness of biological and sociological conceptions of human nature, which was caused by inconsistencies in the nature of human as biological and social/cultural being. Within this paradigm, person acts as a connecting link between the natural world and the world of culture. His humanness is defined simultaneously by two components - biological and cultural, and none of them prevails.

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2014-12-23
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Salata, H. V. (2014). Nature of man in the problem field of biocultural anthropology. History of Science and Technology, 4(5), 231-236. Retrieved from https://www.hst-journal.com/index.php/hst/article/view/265