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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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radiometric dating
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A type of chronometric dating that involves methods based upon the decay of radioactive materials; examples are radiocarbon and potassium-argon dating.
social 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 ...
administrative system
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A twentieth-century system of ownership in which land is owned and managed by the state; found in china, the soviet union, and some parts of Africa and Latin America.
theodolite (also optical transit)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A transit with accurate optical readout of vertical and horizontal angles.
sex-limited trait
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A trait that is expressed in only one of the sexes.
sex-controlled trait
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A trait that is expressed differently in males and females.
scraper
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A tool presumably used in scraping, scouring, or planing functions. Most frequently refers to flaked stone artifacts with one or more steep unifacially retouched edge(s).
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)