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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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Notharctinaet
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Subfamily of the adapidae, found primarily in north America.
Parapithecoidea
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Suborder of the order primates consisting of early Oligocene primates from the Fayum, Egypt.
Tarsiidae
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Suborder of the order primates consisting of the tarsiers.
Prosimii
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Suborder of the order primates that includes the living Madagascar lemuriformes and the lorises, potto, angwantibo, and galagos.
Hominoidea
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Superfamily of the suborder anthropoidea that includes the apes and humans.
ascribed status
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Social standing or prestige which is the result of inheritance or hereditary factors (cf. Achieved status).
ranked societies
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Societies in which there is unequal access to prestige and status e.g. Chiefdoms and states.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)