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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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lingua franca
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Any language used as a common tongue by people who do not speak one another's native language.
postmating mechanism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Any form of reproductive isolation that occurs after mating.
selective agent
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Any factor that brings about differences in fertility and mortality.
trait
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Any discrete cultural element; or, one aspect of the phenotype.
rite of solidarity
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Any ceremony performed for the sake of enhancing the level of social integration among a group of people.
rock alignment
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Any artificial arrangement of rocks or boulders into rows or other patterns.
sedentary pastoralism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Animal husbandry that does not involve mobility.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)