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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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hominoid
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A member of the superfamily hominoidea, which includes apes and humans.
independent assortment
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A mendelian principle which states that differing traits are inherited independently of each other. It applies only to genes on different chromosomes.
shaman
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A medium of the supernatural who acts as a person in possession of unique curing, divining, or witchcraft capabilities.
placoderm
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A member of the extinct class of early jawed vertebrates.
hominid
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A member of the family hominidae, which includes humans.
immunological distance (ID)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A measure of the strength of an antigen-antibody reaction that is indicative of the evolutionary distance separating the populations being studied.
social pressure
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A means of social control in which people who venture over the boundaries of society's rules are brought back into line.
Sub-categories
- Applied anthropology (144)
- Archaeology (76)
- Cultural anthropology (31040)
- Ethnology (33)
- Forensic anthropology (31)
- Mythology (5625)
- Physical anthropology (13414)