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UCSP Natural selection is an adaptation strategy in organisms which enables ETHNOCENTRISM - According to William them to adapt and change in response to Graham Sumner, an American Social...

UCSP Natural selection is an adaptation strategy in organisms which enables ETHNOCENTRISM - According to William them to adapt and change in response to Graham Sumner, an American Social the environment. According to Scientist, Ethnocentrism is “the technical this theory, it is not necessarily the strongest name for the view of things in which one’s or most intelligent that own group is the center of everything, and survives, but the ones most responsive to all others are scaled and rated with change. reference to it. Ethnocentrism is sometimes related to racism, stereotypes and THE PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL discrimination. SELECTION CULTURAL RELATIVISM - Cultural relativism is the position that there is no universal standard to measure cultures by, and that all cultural values and beliefs must be understood relative to their cultural context, and not judged based on outside norms and values. BIOCULTURAL AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION refers to the changes, modifications, and variations in the genetics and inherited traits of biological populations from one generation to another. HUMAN EVOLUTION - is the revolutionary process leading to the appearance of CULTURAL EVOLUTION modern-day human It refers to the changes or development in cultures from a Hominids is the direct ancestors of homo simple form to a more complex species form of human culture. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE 1. Religious story of creation 2. The scientific study of evolution NATURAL SELECTION ACCORDING TO CHARLES DARWIN