Whether ethnicity qualifies as a cultural universal is to some extent dependent on the exact definition used. |
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While many species communicate, language is unique to humans, a defining feature of humanity, and a cultural universal. |
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The animistic nature of folk beliefs is an anthropological cultural universal. |
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A notion of the transcendent, supernatural, or numinous, usually involving entities like ghosts, demons, or deities, is a cultural universal. |
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