Darwin Natural Selection Analysis

In this essay ill be explaining Darwin’s theory off natural selection, why Darwin’s theory brought about an intellectual revolution in our concept of what a human being is and what is the current vision of human beings that has emerged from that revolution. I will also be explaining how humans evolved to have brains that create a person’s experience of the world by creating narratives, and how this concept of the narrative brain is used in cognitive cultural studies. What is the relationship between genetics and culture in creating a person’s experience of the world and providing a method by which cultures change and grow? I will answer this question by considering the summary provided by Lisa Zunshine in her Introduction to Cognitive Cultural Studies.

Darwin’s theory of natural selection is fairly simple to understand when you see what he was trying to explain. First of all, the words “Natural Selection” indicates that the selection is done by nature itself and it has no architect or designer. Darwin’s theory of natural selection tells us that there is a constant struggle for survival, food, water and space between members of a species. Those who overcome the struggle for survival live, those who lose die. Darwin pointed out that only the well-adapted organisms are able to reproduce. The “struggle” in this case is the environment, Darwin was trying to say that if you have the right tools for the environment that you live in, you would survive and you would be able to reproduce. Some of these organisms may have beneficial traits, which gives them a chance to survive in their environment. By reproducing, these traits are passed onto their offspring while other, less beneficial traits are not pa...

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...is expression. Culture represents the way that we understand ourselves as individuals and as members of society. Human behavioral patterns from person to person, group to group, and society are influenced by genetic differences. Scientist has discovered that According to early beliefs about biology and culture, biological differences led to great necessary cultural differences among racial groups. Sociologists and anthropologists discovered that the relationship between culture and biology is far more complex. For instance, “prior to about 4000 BCE, most humans did not produce a protein that allowed them to digest lactose after being weaned. After Europeans began to drink the milk of domesticated animals, the genetic adaptation favoring lactose consumptions spread rapidly throughout the continent”( Lewin, roger). Other cultures observed and also adapted this habit.