How does the earliest anthropological definition of culture by Edward Tylor differ from the definitions frequently used today?
a. Tylor’s definition is more like a “laundry list” of attributes that together form a culture.
b. Definitions today tend to be more specialized and detailed about characteristics of culture.
c. Definitions of culture are no longer being formulated. Anthropology has a single significant definition of culture that all researchers use.
d. Culture was more evident in the time of Tylor and his definition includes details that are no longer relevant to the study of culture.
e. Tylor’s definition is the only definition still in use today.
ANSWER:
a
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