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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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Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A central concept of western economics which assumes that people have more wants than they have resources to satisfy them.
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Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A characteristic of language that refers to the expansionary nature of language, which enables people to coin new labels for new concepts and objects.
metacentric chromosome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A chromosome in which the centromere appears roughly in the center and the two arms are roughly the same length.
telocentric chromosome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A chromosome in which the centromere is located at the very end of the chromosome.
submetacentric chromosome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A chromosome in which the centromere lies to one side of the center, producing arms of unequal length.
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- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)