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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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transhumance
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Seasonal movement of livestock between upland and lowland pastures.
silent areas
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Sections of the cerebral cortex, which include parts of the frontal, occipital, and temporal lobes, in which electrical stimulation produces little or no emotional or motor ...
till
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Sediments laid down directly by glacial ice. Commonly consists of unsorted angular rock fragments mixed with clay.
resistivity meter
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Natural accretions of manganese and iron oxides, together with clay minerals and organic matter, which can provide valuable environmental evidence. Their study, when combined with ...
knuckle walking
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Semierect quadrupedalism, found in chimpanzees and the gorilla, in which the upper parts of the body are supported by the knuckles rather than the palms.
bride service
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Service rendered by a man as payment to a family from whom he takes a daughter in marriage.
rites of intensification
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Rituals intended either to bolster a natural process necessary to survival or to reaffirm the society's commitment to a particular set of values and beliefs.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)