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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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penetrance
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The degree to which an allele is expressed in the phenotype.
relative dating
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The determination of chronological sequence without recourse to a fixed time scale; e.g. The arrangement of artifacts in a typological sequence, or seriation (cf. Absolute ...
polyphyodonty
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The continuous replacement of teeth such as occurs in reptiles.
function
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The contribution that a particular cultural trait makes to the longevity of the total culture.
workday
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The culturally established number of hours that a person ideally spends at work each day.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)