Cultural Universals
Those guiding principles of human civilization found in all societies – past and present – across the globe are Cultural Universals. Cultural universals include behaviors, perspectives, institutions, and other features that are common to all human cultures worldwide.No matter where or when we live, humans exhibit similar basic behaviors in order to survive and proliferate. Every person needs food, drink, to learn, to grow, and to bury loved ones.Although we often think that our actions and thoughts are new and original, in the long view of human history we are usually just dressing up old ideas and pushing them back onto the stage.