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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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symbol

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Something that can represent something distant from it in time and space.

refitting

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Sometimes referred to as conjoining, this entails attempting to put stone tools and flakes back together again, and provides important information on the processes involved in the ...

homodont dentition

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Situation in which all teeth are basically the same in structure, although they may differ in size, as is found in reptiles.

sexual skin

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Skin in the anal region that turns bright pink or red and may swell when the animal is in estrus; found in the female of some primate species.

Venus figurines

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Small upper Paleolithic statues characterized by exaggerated breasts and buttocks and very stylized heads, hands, and feet.

soil-sieves

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Small, precision metal screens, used for determining the proportions of different sized particles in a soil sediment sample.

microevolution

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Small-scale evolution within a population over relatively short periods of time.

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