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Sociocultural evolution — Cultural evolution redirects here. For gene culture coevolution, see Dual inheritance theory. Sociology … Wikipedia
sociocultural evolution — Development of culture and society from simple to complex forms. Europeans had sought to explain the existence of various primitive societies, some believing that such societies represented the lost tribes of Israel, others speculating that… … Universalium
Cultural evolutionism — attempts to describe and explain long term[clarification needed] change in human ways of life, insofar as those ways are socially rather than biologically acquired. Though often used interchangeably with the terms social evolution and… … Wikipedia
anthropology — anthropological /an threuh peuh loj i keuhl/, anthropologic, adj. anthropologically, adv. /an threuh pol euh jee/, n. 1. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs… … Universalium
Unilineal evolution — (also referred to as classical social evolution) is a 19th century social theory about the evolution of societies and cultures. It was composed of many competing theories by various sociologists and anthropologists, who believed that Western… … Wikipedia
social change — ▪ sociology Introduction in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behaviour, social organizations, or value systems. Throughout the historical… … Universalium
Neoevolutionism — is a social theory that tries to explain the evolution of societies by drawing on Charles Darwin s theory of evolution and discarding some dogmas of the previous social evolutionism. Neoevolutionism is concerned with long term, directional,… … Wikipedia
List of sociology topics — This is a list of topics covered in sociology. This is a shorter list: List of basic sociology topics. NOTOC A absolute poverty achieved status acid rain acute disease adaptation Adultism affect control theory affirmative action affluent… … Wikipedia
Cultural anthropology — For the journal, see Cultural Anthropology (journal). Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the impact of global economic and political processes on local… … Wikipedia
History of evolutionary thought — This article is about the history of evolutionary thought in biology. For the history of evolutionary thought in the social sciences, see Sociocultural evolution. For the history of religious discussions, see History of the creation evolution… … Wikipedia
