@christopherburd @hbdchick Doubt it. Complex marriage patterns (as opposed to L-S's 'elementary' ones) make the distinction starker.
@AlWest13 @david_kenneth_d *not* genetic variation within species? WHY not? (that's absurd, btw.)
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@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d Not absurd. You're saying that source of human cultural variation is human genetic variation. -
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@david_kenneth_d@hbdchick Where *DOES* culture come from? is the question. And that is answered primarily by environment. -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d that seems unlikely since we know most behaviors are heritable, and culture is behavior writ large. -
@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d Most behaviours aren't heritable if you define 'behaviour' as including 'wearing feather headdress', e.g. -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d no, but having an "extraverted" flavor to your cultural practices prolly is: http://hbdchick.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/extraversion-and-culture/ … -
@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d So the actual practice itself isn't genetically determined? Can I get that in writing? -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d it already is in writing. i just gave you the link.
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@hbdchick@david_kenneth_d And that's not right. -
@AlWest13@david_kenneth_d *how* do you know that? show me the studies and data.
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