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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specialized trait

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A structure used basically for one function.

focus

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A chronologically limited cultural unit within a local culture sequence, characterized by sufficient diagnostic traits to set it apart from all other units. A phase is generally ...

cultural anthropology

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A subdiscipline of anthropology concerned with the non-biological, behavioral aspects of society; i.e. The social, linguistic, and technological components underlying human ...

race

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A subgroup of human population that shares a greater number of physical traits with one another than they do with those of other subgroups.

linguistic anthropology

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A subdivision of anthropology that is concerned primarily with unwritten languages (both prehistoric and modern), with variation within languages, and with the social uses of ...

ethnobotany

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A subdiscipline of anthropology that explores how societies perceive and categorize plants in their environment and how they use these plants for food, medicine, ritual, etc.