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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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historic period
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Refers to the period following the first arrival of Europeans.
half-life
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The time taken for half the quantity of a radioactive isotope in a sample to decay (see also radioactive decay).
tactile pads
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The tips of the fingers and toes of primates; area richly endowed by tactile nerve endings sensitive to touch.
hemochorial placenta
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The type of placenta found in most primates in which materials pass between the maternal and fetal bloodstreams through a single vessel wall.
cultural evolution
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The theory that societal change can be understood by analogy with the processes underlying the biological evolution of species.
structural functionalism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The theory that the central function of the various aspects of a society is to maintain the social structure--the society's pattern of social relations and institutions.
plate tectonics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The theory that the surface of the earth is divided into a number of plates that move in relationship to each other. Some of these plates carry the continents.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)