Complex sentence: Some used it to distinguish human adaptative strategies from the largely instinctive adaptive strategies of animals, including the adaptive strategies of other primates and non-human hominids whereas others used it to refer to symbolic representations and expressions of human experience, with no direct adaptive value.
Split into simpler sentences: Some used it to distinguish human adaptative strategies from the instinctive adaptive strategies of animals, including the adaptive strategies of other primates and non-human hominids. Others used it to refer to symbolic representations and expresions of human experience, with no direct adaptive value.