Leslie White (1900-1975) was preoccuppied with the process of general evolution, and he was best known for his strict materialist approach (Barfield 1997:491). He believed that the evolution of culture increases as does energy use per capita. Since the beginning of the hominid line, human being shave gradually increased their harnessing of energy from the environment. This results in cultural evolution. White described a process of universal evolution, in which all cultures evolve along a certain course (this course can be understood in measure of energy expenditure per capita). In comparison, Steward only claimed to see regularities cross-culturally. White described anthropology as “culturology” (Barfield 1997:491). He proposed to explain cultural evolution, C=E × T (where C=culture,E=energy, and T=technology). White also subscribed to a technological determinism, with technology ultimately determining the way people think (Balée 1996).