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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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ontology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
ontology, is the theory of beings, from Greek ''on''= being, creature
ethnomusicology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of music in a cross-cultural perspective.
paleoentomology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of insects from archaeological contexts. The survival of insect exoskeletons, which are quite resistant to decomposition, is an important source of evidence in the ...
anthropology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of humanity - our physical characteristics as animals, and our unique non-biological characteristics we call culture. The subject is generally broken down into four ...
landscape archaeology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
landscape archeology is the study of personal features/characteristics, included settlements, thus settlement
proxemics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of human perception and use of space in communication and social relations.
cognitive anthropology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of how peoples of different cultures acquire information about the world (cultural transmission), how they process that information and reach decisions, and how they act ...
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)