Characteristics of Anthropoly

How do anthropologists define culture?

Culture is a core concept in anthropology, it is a complex whole which was proposed by Sir Edmund Taylor and seemed to be the most durable, including knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom and any other abilities  and habits acquired by people as members of society. (Tylor1871). In the 1950's they collected 164 different definitions. (Kroeber and Kluckhohn 1952-81). The word culture was also defined as one of the most complicated words in the English language. (Williams 1981.p.87). Culture implies to basic similarities and systematic differences between humans. It is a symbolic system. Culture includes actions, thoughts, it is also shared, social, dialectical,  is an integrated whole.

What position does Anthropology take in the long-standing intellectual debate between those who advocate 'nature" (biology, etc) as the primary source of human behaviour and those who argue that "nurture" (culture, etc. is a more important influence on the way human beings conduct themselves? Why does Anthropology adopt such a strong position in this debate?

Almost all modern anthropologists advocates nurture over nature.

Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, who specialized in the theory of evolution. His theory and his work created the basic concept of nature vs. nurture which was argued by many theorists since. (Anon., n.d.) they believe is no concept of human nature, we were born in a blank slate and the environment shapes us how we grow up. (Anon., n.d.)

Franz Boas (1858-1942) was a German-born anthropologist. Boas's research focused on to