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[wildbill]

Are you suggesting that the Chinese have a ‘chopsticks gene” which accounts for their cultural choice of food loader?

And the AnerInds must have had a ‘no wheel for industry gene” since they didn’t adapt the wheel for anything but Maya toys.

I think the cultural habits must have been more from the “monkey see, monkey do gene” that gives everyone the option of copying what they see.

If it works for enough people in the culture it becomes a standard because everyone starts to copy it.

All of which goes to prove I have no idea how these things become culturally engrained either.