of culture is acquired unconsciously by happenstance—that is, nobody planned to teach it, and no one made an effort to consciously try to learn it.
This has always been a question of him, how have we developed different cultures, and how does everyone not follow the same one?
Because it requires deliberate effort and people are not constantly doing it, winking can acquire special meaning in social interactions.
It is interesting how they are telling us how winking requires more effort; which is completely true because it does need more effort and sometimes people cannot do it.
Archaeologists use material artifacts as keys to understanding the technologies, social practices, and ideas of ancient peoples.
This field of anthropology is the most interesting to me because I find it interesting how we can learn how ancient people have lived.
Some live in tents made of wooden beams and covered with animal skins or cloth, in caves hollowed out of sandstone or volcanic rock, or in wooden structures built on stilts or in trees to avoid floods and predators.
Since most of Americans have house holds that are held together buy animals skins and sandstone. Its kind of interesting how some are still not as advanced as us.
The room for cooking (the kitchen) used to be separated from the room where people socialized (the living room or great room), as it was assumed that one person (the wife) would cook in the kitchen while another person (the husband) relaxed alone or with company in the living room.
It still amazes me that this was the original standard. So much has changed over time.