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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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systematic sampling
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of probabilistic sampling employing a grid of equally spaced locations; e.g. Selecting every other square. This method of regular spacing runs the risk of missing (or ...
suspensory behavior
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of locomotion and posture whereby animals suspend themselves underneath a branch.
historiographic approach
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of explanation based primarily on traditional descriptive historical frameworks.
ecological determinism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of explanation in which it is implicit that changes in the environment determine changes in human society.
potlatch
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of competitive giveaway found among the northwest coast American Indians that serves as a mechanism for both achieving social status and distributing goods.
hypothetico-deductive explanation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of explanation based on the formulation of hypotheses and the establishment from them by deduction of consequences which can then be tested against the archaeological data.
inversion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of chromosome aberration in which parts of a chromosome break and reunite in a reversed order. No genetic material is lost or gained, but the positions of the involved ...
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)