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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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pebble tool
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A natural rounded pebble manufactured into a simple cutting tool by the removal of a few percussion flakes, usually unifacially on one edge.
hematite
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A natural iron oxide which was used as a reddish pigment.
patron client relationship
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A mutually obligatory arrangement between an individual who has authority, social status, wealth, or some other personal resource (the patron) and another person who benefits from ...
masseter
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A muscle of chewing that arises on the mandible and inserts on the zygomatic arch of the skull.
temporalis
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A muscle of chewing that arises on the jaw and inserts on the side of the skull.
reciprocity
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A mode of exchange in which transactions take place between individuals who are symmetrically placed, i.e. They are exchanging as equals, neither being in a dominant position.
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- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)