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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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pneumatized
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The presence of air spaces within some bones of the skull.
pentadactylism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The presence of five digits on the hand and/or foot.
infantile
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The period in an individual's life cycle from birth to the eruption of the first permanent teeth.
juvenile
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The period in an individual's life cycle that lasts from the eruption of the first to the eruption of the last permanent teeth.
prenatal
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The period of an individual's life cycle from conception to birth.
prehistory
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The period of human history before the advent of writing.
pre-ceramic period
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The period prior to the introduction of ceramic artifacts.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)