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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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intensive agriculture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of agriculture that involves the use of draft animals or tractors, plows, and often some form of irrigation.
translocation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A form of chromosomal aberration in which segments of chromosomes become detached and reunite to other nonhomologous chromosomes.
terrace
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A fluvial terrace is a remnant of an earlier flood-plain isolated by down-cutting of the river, resulting in a step-like series of "flats" and scarps. Beach terraces are old ocean ...
nuchal crest
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A flange of bone in the occipital region of the skull that serves as the attachment of the nuchal musculature of the back of the neck.
side-blade
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A flaked stone, bone, shell, or metal artifact inserted in the side of a shaft or projectile point to provide an extended cutting edge.
hearth
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A fireplace, often circular and may be unlined, rock or clay-lined, or rock-filled.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)