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  • noun The passing of behaviours from one generation to another among non-human primates. These cultures are very rudimentary, and do not exhibit complex cultural technology.

Etymologies

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proto- +‎ culture

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Examples

  • The first invasion centers on a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship's energy source known as "protoculture," and the planet's hope for survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots.

    Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan Writing Robotech Adaptation! « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • The first invasion concerns a battle with a race of giant warriors who seek to retrieve their flagship's energy source known as "protoculture," and the planet's survival ends up in the hands of two young pilots.

    FILMS: Robotech To Come To The Big Screen? MaksimSmelchak 2007

  • - The enemy has lost the ability to procreate … or protoculture … or what have you.

    Robotech=Battlestar or Battlestar=Robotech? 2009

  • This is where we store all of our energon cubes, sources of protoculture, and stock of 80s Libyan plutonium.

    The Banana Syrup Flavor 2009

  • The secrets of alien knowledge aboard this vessel were unlocked, leading to the development of “Robotechnology” and the creation of a vast arsenal of robotic “mecha” to defend the Earth against the alien threats that would eventually strike to lay claim to the mysterious power source known as “protoculture.”

    Classic ‘RoboTech’ Comes To iTunes 2008

  • A new protoculture hand weapon is developed, the Mars Gallant H90 blaster.

    Robotech Chronology by Edmund K.S. Woo 1999

  • Just a tie in to MF, I still don't get how/why Grace said that the protoculture copied the Vajra.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Once the secrets of the protoculture are revealed, the tough decisions that must be made, on both sides, will ultimately determine the fate of the two civilizations.

    Anime News Network 2009

  • In fact, it even picks up at the end of the final episode with the exiled human forces making one last push against the Invids, an alien race that has invaded Earth for the sole purpose of harvesting an energy source called protoculture.

    Premium Hollywood - Entertainment blog, Hollywood blog, movie blog, TV blog 2008

  • The Earth had been ravaged by the Invid, who randomly decide to up and leave (taking all the protoculture with them).

    Toon Zone News Chad Bonin 2008

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