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One of the oldest definitions of culture is the one formulated by the British anthropologist Edward Tylor in 1871, which has been widely used as a reference point, for example by the Encyclopaedia Britannica (2000), which defined culture as “a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”.2
And now we are alone. We have swapped biological diversity for cultural diversity. In this sense, if human beings in the future wish to continue evolving, it will be essential to integrate diversity so as not to waste energy and in this way to accelerate the process of hominization and humanization.
Eudald Carbonell, co-director of the Sierra de Atapuerca project1
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de Anca, C., Vazquez, A. (2007). Culture and Business Management. In: Managing Diversity in the Global Organization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230800885_4
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