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To: D. Long who wrote (117357)	12/18/2000 2:07:17 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

It is okay with me if you will not take the bait....LOL! I would not identify anthropology as a study of the ways in which human beings adapt to stress and limited resources, since it covers the whole fabric of a culture, and surely not all of the customs, mores, and lore of a society are the products of adaptation "to stress and limited resources". That being said, I am not so sure what is wrong with regarding anthropology as the study of the way in which human beings seek to fulfill their nature, their basic drives and aspirations, within certain limiting circumstances. I do not regard that as "evolutionary absolutism", but a simple acknowledgment that the "humanization of the environment" drives people to improvement, to ever greater ease, efficiency, aesthetic satisfaction, and so on.........