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With the definition of culture.
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Culture refers to shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that characterize a group or society.
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Okay, let me explain this to you with a very beautiful example.
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Now, a picture in your mind about an arabian, a was an arabian guy, what kind of picture comes first into your mind? you will imagine the kind of dress that they were, the kind of dress they wear you know this cap over their head they go to prayer they might have beard and all okay this represents and basically arabian culture and when you think about an east asian guy guy or a girl you can take okay each asian people so basically we'll imagine about you know their various beliefs like the kinds of festivals that they have the kinds of clothing they wear okay these are the things which are part of their culture these are things that define a society and this is called culture okay there are various beliefs like the east asian people, they believe in various kinds of gods, their gods, their values are very different, like the hospitality, you can say, and their customs and their behaviors, and the artifacts.
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Basically, so now coming to the next part of the question, how can culture be adaptive? okay, how can culture be adaptive? so basically, then you think back in time, we started from, we started from food -beckers, basically, hunter -gatherers, from there, we started cultivation, and then we built various farms, and this led to the development of civilizations.
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So basically you can see very clearly from this example that culture is being adapted, in order to better suit the environment.
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Basically, when we have civilized, when we have farmlands, then we will have better foods.
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Better food, okay, better food means better health and all.
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So basically, our life life is when it would increase, basically.
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In this sense, culture can be adaptive.
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How can culture be maladaptive? i can give very beautiful examples from this as well.
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You know, there are various mal practices that are prevalent in our society, especially in the east chessian societies, but there is child marriage in some parts, okay, and there is, you know, genital mutations, mutilations, especially of the females, okay? and in some cultures, there is a casteism...