Anthropology

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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unilineal descent group

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A kin group in which membership is inherited only through either the paternal or the maternal line, as the society dictates.

pidgin

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A language based on a simplified grammar and lexicon taken from one or more fully developed languages.

nonunilineal descent group

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A kin group in which descent may be traced through either parent or through both.

prognathism

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A jutting forward of the facial skeleton and jaws.

replacement model

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A hypothesis which states that modern h. Sapiens evolved in Africa or Asia and radiated out of one of these areas replacing archaic hominid populations.

regional continuity model

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A hypothesis which states that modem h. Sapiens had multiple origins from existing local populations. Each local population of archaic humans gave rise to a population of modem h. ...