The Evolutionary Approach to the History of Culture.

The article focuses on the evolutionary approach to the history of culture. It provides the meaning of the terms "culture" and "evolution" that were used by Florian Znaniecki to discuss his concept on culture. It summarizes the main results of comparative studies of human actions that have influenced cultural evolution and explain the classification of cultural phenomena. It discusses the two main advantages of classifying the cultural phenomena into culturally patterned actions and systems of actions. Furthermore, it offers a general synthesis of the results of research in cultural evolution.