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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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omnivorous

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Eating both meat and vegetable food.

mapping

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Drawing a map showing the physical features of a community; usually an early step in a field project.

nuclear DNA (nDNA)

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

DNA found within the nucleus of the cell.

tectonic movements

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Displacements in the plates that make up the earth's crust, often responsible for the occurrence of raised beaches.

hemolytic disease

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Disease involving the destruction of blood cells.

lineal relatives

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Direct ascendants and descendants.

sympatric species

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Different species that live in the same area but are prevented from successfully re-producing by a reproductive isolating mechanism.