Because cultural practices change the environment, they also have the ability to change biological adaptive forces. Evolution and culture co-occur. They work together in unpredictable ways, often producing a large amount of rapid changes in a burst. This creates an analogy to purely biological evolution of organisms. As newly created niches in the environment are suddenly filled by different organisms, the pace of change slows, producing a relatively stable period. This process is has been called punctuated equilibrium. Change with humans not only involves extinction or, conversely, expansion. Changes in the social and biological world are heavily entangled with technology. The creation of the cellular phone, for example, has dramatically changed the frequency and ability for people to communicate with one another. While it may have been considered rude to talk on the telephone during a meal in the past, it is now common practice. Technology can do a number of things for communication, and thus for social organization. In for example, the ability to communicate and interact with Postsingular, people was drastically changed. The technologies involved in travel have the ability to shape social life… and if they are momentous enough, to encourage very rapid social change.
Because cultural practices change the environment, they also have the ability to change biological adaptive forces. Evolution and culture co-occur. They work together in unpredictable ways, often producing a large amount of rapid changes in a burst. This creates an analogy to purely biological evolution of organisms. As newly created niches in the environment are suddenly filled by different organisms, the pace of change slows, producing a relatively stable period. This process is has been called punctuated equilibrium. Change with humans not only involves extinction or, conversely, expansion. Changes in the social and biological world are heavily entangled with technology. The creation of the cellular phone, for example, has dramatically changed the frequency and ability for people to communicate with one another. While it may have been considered rude to talk on the telephone during a meal in the past, it is now common practice. Technology can do a number of things for communication, and thus for social organization. In Postsingular, for example, the ability to communicate and interact with people was drastically changed. The technologies involved in travel have the ability to shape social life… and if they are momentous enough, to encourage very rapid social change.
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