In the scientific sense, "culture" does not mean unusual refinement or education, but the whole of social tradition. It includes, as the great anthropologist Tylor put it "capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society." Culture comprises all the capabilities and habits in contrast to those numerous traits acquired otherwise, namely by biological heredity.
In anthropological perspective, every society has a culture - it is universal. Likewise, every human being is cultured and culture is an attribute of the genus homo.
Culture is design for living. It is the basis of human life. It rests on biology but is not biological. It is human biology, such as developed brain, nimble hands, and freely moving tongue which helped humans to acquire a design for living.
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