I wana know does cultural differences between societies come from,1.unequal development of people across the w

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world?

2.or explained from physical diversity of people

3.is the result of the creation of their own culture by societies

4.can be explained in terms of different phenotypical features found amoung human beings across the world??

Answer 1

It can be argued that each answer is the possible causation of societal differences. (1) Unequal development sure has a lot to do with it, modern day differences at least. (2) Physical diversity has probably had some cause for cultural variance, but that's more of a "microsocietal" issue in most of the world. (3) Cultures are not only created by their people, but also by the environment in which they live among other factors. (4) Again, this seems to have little to do with strict cultural variance.

Probably 1 explains it best, but again, this is an opinion question so if you're asking my opinion cool but this sounds like it was taken from a HW assignment (which is cool too lol) so it's you're opinion that matters. Just gotta back it up well.

Answer 2

I would look towards to ideas of Julian Steward.  I feel the Culture Core philosophy is about accurate in this sense.  Basically culture arises out of a base.  The base is often environment  Depending on the environment this can affect what kind of culture the people living there can develop.  This is especially evident in kinship studies there are groups of people who evolve in different parts of the world with no way to interact with each other, yet they evolve similar kinship systems and similar cultures in general, a closer look reveals that their environments are similar.  This also explains why there is no real material culture in the Great Basin area of the western US, yes there is a very rich culture over near the mounds in the southeastern US.  The environment of the great basin didn't allow culture to develop because it was too harsh and couldnt support a sedentary lifeway, yet over near the cahokia mounds the environment was rich and supported sedentism, so I feel the environment determines culture.