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The primary theoretical threads in anthropology can be cataloged as one of five cultural themes, with associated sub-themes that accommodate competing definitions and explications of the basic theories. The five themes include (1) evolutionary theories that focus on creating an understanding of individual, social and cultural “change through time”; (2) cognitive or cultural domain theories that explore the relationships between what and how people think, and what and how they behave – these theories explore the shared mental processes that exist primarily within human minds (e.g., thought processes, beliefs, emotions, knowledge, etc.) and how those processes link to the observable behaviors that those same individuals exhibit (behaviors, actions, etc.); (3) theories about the social and cultural structures that humans create and the organization of human behavior beyond the individual level (e.g., kinship, social networks, voluntary associations, organization theory, institutions) and the impact of those entities on everyday life; (4) theories of human manipulations and human understanding of symbols (the domains of linguistic anthropology, symbolic anthropology, communication theories, etc.); and (5) theories that explore integrated cultural–ecological relationships (biology and behavior interactions at multiple levels), including relationships of humans to the biological and physical environments surrounding them, and vice versa.