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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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X chromosome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The larger of the two sex chromosomes. Normal females possess two x chromosomes; normal males possess one x and one y chromosome.
sampling universe
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The largest entity to be described, of which the sample is a part.
species
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The largest natural population whose members are able to reproduce successfully among.
nucleic acid
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The largest of the molecules found in living organisms; composed of chains of nucleotides.
Wisconsin(an) glaciation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The latest major episode of glacial advance in the Pleistocene of North America; from about 70,000 to 10,000 B. P.
Homo sapiens
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Hom sapiens, is Latin phrase of ''man who knows'' from Latin 'sapientia'=wisdom, here knowledge
multiplication-of-species model
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The idea that a generalized species can give rise to a large number of new species, sometimes rapidly.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)