Rituals , Biology

Assignment Help:

Rituals:

The social life of  the earliest human groups or tribes revolved around food gathering. To begin with, they must have collected anything they could eat-seeds,  nuts, fruits, roots. honey and any small animals that could be caught with bare hands. The largest  food sharing unit tended to concenuate upon a certain food which was easily available  to them in plenty. Thus, human groups eating one type of  food came to consider themselves  as 'kins'  or fellow beings of the same community or clan. Other human groups who ate different foods were not in the kinship, and at first were not even considered human. As we have told you earlier, this special food item is called "totem". The  act of gathering the totem was associated with special  rituals   The  rituals sometimes involved sacrifices (including human sacrifice) to secure increased food supply. The  food gathering tribes were  entirely dependent on  nature  for  their survival. Therefore, in order to avoid scarcity, they also developed certain "taboos".  For instance, taboos were enforced on sexual intercourse in order to control their population for the limited supply of food. Attempts were also made to control the group  population by a taboo  on  cohabitation within the totem clan, and by the  practice of marriage outside the clan.  

 


Related Discussions:- Rituals

Sickle Cell, Sickling occurs in deoxyhemoglobin S, but not in oxyhemoglobin...

Sickling occurs in deoxyhemoglobin S, but not in oxyhemoglobin S. Oxyhemoglobin has a small hydrophobic \"pocket\" in a ß chain region located in the interior of the protein. In de

Discuss refractive and response to wound functions of cornea, Discuss the r...

Discuss the refractive and response to wound functions of cornea. Refractive Function: Cornea, through its interaction with the tear film, forms a smooth refractive functi

Describe pulsus parvus et tardus, Describe pulsus parvus et tardus? Pu...

Describe pulsus parvus et tardus? Pulsus parvus et tardus means a slow rising small volume pulse typically in severe aortic stenosis with preserved LV function. Figur

Defence mechanisms of the host, Defence mechanisms of the host The hea...

Defence mechanisms of the host The healthy animal is protected from pathogenic organisms present in the environment by virtue of the effective immune mechanism present from bi

Explain the productivity of ecology, Explain the Productivity of ecology? ...

Explain the Productivity of ecology? When scientists study an ecosystem as a whole, they often examine the relationships between feeding, or trophic, levels. In order to do th

Sedimentation, Simple sedimentation: The process of removal of suspende...

Simple sedimentation: The process of removal of suspended, colloidal impurities by allowing water to stand undisturbed in big tanks about 5m deep. Most of the suspended particl

Define behaviour modification - combat from obesity problem, Define Behavio...

Define Behaviour modification - combat from obesity Problem? It is very important. A heavy parental hand and parent attitude and behaviours towards child's eating, interferes i

Explain the eukaryotic gene expression , Explain the Eukaryotic Gene Expres...

Explain the Eukaryotic Gene Expression ? Eukaryotic cells regulate the transcription of individual genes, large parts of chromosomes, or even entire chromosomes. Gene expressi

Control and informative function of organic molecules, Q. What are the few ...

Q. What are the few examples of the control and informative function of organic molecules? Based on genetic information, organic molecules control the entire work of the cell.

Mention causes of implant failure due to restorative problem, Mention cause...

Mention causes of implant failure due to restorative problems. 1) Restorative problems: a) Excessive cantilever. b) Use of implants with rigid prosthetic connection with

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd