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This question is about culture and the impact it has had on human evolution.
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So first we should come up with a definition for culture.
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From the dictionary, we get knowledge, behavior, and beliefs that are learned and transmitted to following generations.
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If we take this definition, that's pretty broad.
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It's basically anything that you learn in one generation and can give to your descendants in the following generations.
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So cultural evolution for humans has at some point included learning to control fire, make it whenever we want.
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That's allowed us to eat things that other species can't eat or won't eat, give us access to things like bone marrow and things like that.
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Learning to make weapons, which made us more efficient hunters, and again opened up our options for food.
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Learning to farm, control agriculture.
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And this is a big one because it led to humans settling in a place...