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People have defined the word "culture" to describe a large set of different phenomena.<ref>Kroeberm A. and C. Kluckhohn. 1952. ''Culture; A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions.'' Cambridge, MA: Harvard University.{{pn|date=July 2024}}</ref><ref>Fox, R. and B. King. 2002. ''Anthropology Beyond Culture'' Oxford: Berg.{{pn|date=July 2024}}</ref> A definition that sums up what is meant by "culture" in DIT is:
{{Quotation|Culture is socially learned information stored in individuals' brains that is capable of affecting behavior.{{sfn|Richerson|Boyd|2008|p=6}}<ref name="Boyd Richerson Memes Universal Acid">{{cite book |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192632449.003.0007 |chapter=Memes: Universal acid or a better mousetrap |title=Darwinizing CultureThe Status of Memetics as a Science |date=2001 |last1=Boyd |first1=Robert |last2=Richerson |first2=Peter J. |pages=142–162 |isbn=978-0-19-263244-9 }}</ref>}}
This view of culture emphasizes population thinking by focusing on the process by which culture is generated and maintained. It also views culture as a dynamic property of individuals, as opposed to a view of culture as a superorganic entity to which individuals must conform.<ref name="Richerson Boyd Culture is Part of Human Biology">{{cite book |doi=10.14361/9783839400647-005 |chapter=Evolutionary Theory and the Social Sciences Increasingly a Mutual Exchange. Culture is Part of Human Biology. Why the Superorganic Concept Serves the Human Sciences Badly |title=Science Studies |series=Sozialtheorie |date=2001 |last1=Richerson |first1=Peter J. |last2=Boyd |first2=Robert |pages=145–178 |isbn=978-3-933127-64-8 }}</ref> This view's main advantage is that it connects individual-level processes to population-level outcomes.{{sfn|Richerson|Boyd|2008|p=7}}
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