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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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profane
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The sphere of the ordinary and routine; the everyday, natural world.
cultural diffusion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The spreading of a cultural trait (e.g., material object, idea, or behavior pattern) from one society to another.
phonology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
phonology, is the science of linguistics studying phonemes
settlement pattern
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The spatial distribution of cultural activities across a landscape at a given moment in time.
habitat
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
habitat is the specific area, where species live, region of living of species
permanent teeth
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The second set of teeth that grow in mammals. Humans have thirty-two permanent teeth.
division of labor
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The set of rules found in all societies dictating how the day to day tasks are assigned to the various members of a society.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)