Relationship Between The Environment And Culture
Lenski’s model explains the relationship between the environment, technology, and human culture. The theory explains the environment as the main factor of the change in human culture. The technological progress in the human environment, according to the model, is the main factor that causes a change in the evolution of human cultures. The changes environment, on the other hand, is caused by the changes in the culture. This paper will explain how the environment shapes culture and how culture shapes the environment in relation to the Lenski model.
Lenski’s theory explains that the environment determines the culture of people because it gives the conditions to which people work with. The people then take the technology they have to respond to the environment provided. This develops cultural patterns that shape the views of the cultures and societies (Heise, 316-337). This shows that the Lenski model explains that culture and nature are related through technology. This explains the different cultures of human beings from hunting and gathering to the current culture nowadays. The hunting and gathering society due to the low technology level used simple tools for hunting animals and gathering fruits. However, due to the competition in the environment which necessitates the development of modern technology, human beings now have a different culture. The people now use computer-aided technology to procure their livelihood and hence the development of the current culture.
The culture of people has adverse effects on the environment. This is because all the human depend on the environment for resources and food. The environment, therefore, does not support all the needs of the people, which leads to competition. This makes humans develop better technology to deal with the situation, which leads to the exploitation of the environment. This shows that as the culture of a human develops technologically, the environment gets destroyed due to much exploitation.