Five major types of culture change Discovery is the addition of totally new information into a culture, found out by the culture itself. It is very rare . It is common . It is extremely common . It is fairly common , but not as common as invention.
Extinction is the way traits leave a culture.
It happens through intrasocietal selection and intersocietal selection. It is common , but rarely drastic. Understanding concepts is useful. Relatively rare compared to stimulus and single trait. Tends to occur in situations of migration, conquest or colonization.