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From: Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey)
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Subject: Re: Learned Behavior vs. Hard-Wired Behavior
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Date: 30 Nov 88 01:27:11 GMT
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In article <1824@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> geb@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu (Gordon E. Banks) writes:
>A good guide to what is innate
>in humans is to look for behavior that exists in all cultures,
>even as remote as that of Australian aborigines.  Laughing, smiling,
>speech, fighting and sexual behaviors, all are found in all
>genetic stocks.

A behavior that I once thought existed in all human cultures was
nodding ones head up and down to mean "yes" and shaking from side to
side to mean "no."  According to my girlfriend, who works for a
company that does international trading, there is at least one place
where this is not true.  I don't remember exactly where it is (Asian
continent, I think) but they nod for "no" and shake for "yes."  Their
word for "yes" even sounds like "nih", which would be taken for a "no"
in many languages.

                           :: Jeff Makey

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