The text distinguishes between social animals and cultural animals. Identify and discuss three important differences between social animals and cultural animals
What will be an ideal response?
• Possible response points:
• Social animals work together side by side; cultural animals employ divisions of labor.
• Social animals may learn small things from one another; cultural animals deliberately share information and ways of doing things.
• Social animals communicate about the here and now using grunts and barks; cultural animals use language to communicate about events far removed from the here and now.
• Social animals help immediate kin; cultural animals have a broader sense of community.
• Social animals rely on aggression to resolve conflicts; cultural animals also rely on laws and ethics.
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