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    People had modern brains and bodies 100,000 years ago yet took a long time to adopt agriculture. Five revolutionary inventions, like the wheel, explain what enabled culture to progress beyond evolution. Three internal sources, like population pressure, drive cultural change. Technological evolution, like the automobile, impacts organization, ideation, language, and all aspects of culture. Factors like perceived benefits and compatibility determine if an innovation becomes adopted by a culture.

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    People had modern brains and bodies 100,000 years ago yet took a long time to adopt agriculture. Five revolutionary inventions, like the wheel, explain what enabled culture to progress beyond evolution. Three internal sources, like population pressure, drive cultural change. Technological evolution, like the automobile, impacts organization, ideation, language, and all aspects of culture. Factors like perceived benefits and compatibility determine if an innovation becomes adopted by a culture.

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    Anthropology Study GuideChapter 8If It Works, Its Obsolete After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer

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    People already had modern brains and bodies 100,000 years ago, what took them so long to switch to agriculture? Identify five revolutionary inventions that explain what made them more than evolutionary. Identify and explain the three internal sources of culture change. Give an original example (not the automobile) of technological evolution leading to changes in organization, ideation, and language. Consider the automobiles effects on all four aspects of culture. Discuss the idea that individuals today are better educated and smarter than any previous generation. Give an anthropologically useful definition of technology. Why is it so often the people who would most benefit from culture change reject it most violently? Discuss the factors that determine whether some particular innovation or diffused trait will become part of a culture. Explain why the United States has for so long been the fountainhead for inventions and technological innovation.

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