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Week 5 Assignment 6

Week 5 Assignment 6

Q What is biological assimilation?

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Assimilation is the process of becoming more like another group. According to Yinger, assimilation is the process by which people from two or more societies or smaller cultural groups can become more like each other. Harold Abramson also defines it as a way in which a society achieves greater homogeneity. Biological assimilation is the natural process by which one group of people takes the place of another group due to the two groups being in close touch with one another over extended periods. The assimilation process comes full circle with this process, which marks the conclusion of the stage. Throughout the process of assimilation,