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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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uniformitarianism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The principle which states that physical forces working today to alter the earth were also in force and working in the same way in former times.
superposition
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The principle that under stable conditions strata on the bottom of a deposit were laid down first and hence are older than layers on top.
maximum parsimony principle
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The principle that the most accurate phylogenetic tree is one that is based on the fewest changes in the genetic code.
polymorphism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The presence of several distinct forms of a gene or phenotypic trait within a population with frequencies greater than 1 percent.
rent fund
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The portion of the peasant budget allocated to payment for the use of land and equipment.
ceremonial fund
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The portion of the peasant budget allocated to religious and social activities.
mitosis
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The form of cell division whereby one celled organisms divide and whereby body cells divide in growth and replacement.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)