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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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historical linguistics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of how languages change over time.
ethnohistory
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of ethnographic cultures through historical records.
osteology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
osteology is the branch of medicine studying bones, from the Greek ''ostoun''=bone
stratigraphy
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study and validation of stratification; the analysis in the vertical, time dimension, of a series of layers in the horizontal, space dimension. It is often used as a relative ...
karyotype
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The standardized classification and arrangement of photographed chromosomes.
nomadic pastoralism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The strategy of moving the herds that are one's livelihood from pasture to pasture as the seasons and circumstances require.
sacred
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The sphere of extraordinary phenomena associated with awesome supernatural forces.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)