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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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descriptive linguistics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
That branch of anthropological linguistics that studies how languages are structured.
research design
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Systematic planning of research, usually including (1) the formulation of a strategy to resolve a particular question; (2) the collection and recording of the evidence; (3) the ...
Oreopithecidae
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Specialized hominoid from the late Miocene of Europe.
myth
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Stories that are told about the deeds that supernatural beings played in the creation of human beings and the universe itself.
local races
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Subdivisions of geographical races. One type consists of partially isolated groups, usually remnants of once larger units. The second type includes fairly large subdivisions that ...
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)