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Cultural anthropology

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

Contributors in Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Notharctinaet

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Subfamily of the adapidae, found primarily in north America.

Parapithecoidea

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Suborder of the order primates consisting of early Oligocene primates from the Fayum, Egypt.

Tarsiidae

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Suborder of the order primates consisting of the tarsiers.

Prosimii

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Suborder of the order primates that includes the living Madagascar lemuriformes and the lorises, potto, angwantibo, and galagos.

Hominoidea

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Superfamily of the suborder anthropoidea that includes the apes and humans.

ascribed status

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Social standing or prestige which is the result of inheritance or hereditary factors (cf. Achieved status).

ranked societies

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Societies in which there is unequal access to prestige and status e.g. Chiefdoms and states.

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