Why Do Humans Have So Many Cultures? Cultural Diversity Anthropology UPSC | Shiva Teja sir

Added: 2026-04-29

[00:00:00]Why do humans have thousands of different cultures, languages, foods, and traditions?

[00:00:07]The answer is adaptation.

[00:00:09]Anthropologists believe culture is not just decoration. It's a survival system.

[00:00:15]In cold regions, people develop thick clothing, preserved food, and they stayed indoor.

[00:00:22]In deserts, communities learned water sharing, migration routes, and heat resistant architecture. Near rivers, civilizations built farming systems, trade routes, and calendars. So, culture is basically humanity's software. Our biology gave us the body, culture gave us the instructions, and that is why two humans with almost same DNA can live completely different lives depending upon where, when, and how they grew up.