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Anthropology
The study of human beings and human ancestors through time. Focuses on relation to physical characteristics, environmental effects, social relations and culture. The science of humans.
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resharpening flakes
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Usually small flakes removed from the edges of chipped-stone cutting or scraping tools to rejuvenate the effectiveness of the edge.
orthograde
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
orthograde is vertical posture, it's from grade + ortho= correct, right, upright
microfaunal remains
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Very small animal remains, such as rodent bones, tiny bone fragments, insects, small mollusks, foraminifera, etc. , discovered in an archaeological site.
occipital condyles
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Two rounded projections on either side of the foremen magnum that fit into a pair of sockets on the top of the spine, thus articulating the skull with the spine.
selective attention
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Unconscious focusing on and response to stimuli that are perceived to be important, to the exclusion of other stimuli.
corvee
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Unpaid labor in lieu of taxation, usually on road construction and maintenance.
diachronic studies
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Use of descriptive data from one society or population that has been studied at many points in time.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)