Summarize sahlins argument.

The foundation for the anthropological study of modern hunter-gatherers was laid during the "Man the Hunter" conference in 1966. Social scientists taking part in the conference were struck by Marshall Sahlins' contribution to the topic. His book, the Stone Age Economics, claimed widespread response both within and outside anthropology. Through his anthropological concept of culture, he argued that only symbolic or meaningful reason offers a definitive understanding of human action.