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Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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ventral

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The front or bottom side of an animal or artifact.

peer-polity interaction

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The full range of exchanges taking place -- including imitation, emulation, competition, warfare, and the exchange of material goods and information -- between autonomous (self-governing) ...

speciation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The evolutionary process that is said to occur when two previous subspecies (of the same species) are no longer capable of successful interbreeding; they are then two different species.

replication

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The experimental reproduction or duplication of prehistoric artifacts in an attempt to better understand how they were made and used in the past.

subcutaneous fat

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

the fat deposited under skin, from Latin 'cutaneo'= of skin

primary flakes

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The first series of flakes removed from a core or nucleus in the process of tool manufacture.

fieldwork

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The firsthand observation of human societies.

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