Physical anthropology

Physical anthropology

The branch of anthropology that studies the development of the human race in the context of other primate species.

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subarctic

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to climatic regions that are next to the arctic circle (e.g., Northern Alaska and Northern Canada) and that have extremely long cold winters with a great deal of snow and little or no day ...

Subtropical

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to climatic regions in between tropical and temperate zones. Subtropical areas rarely have winter snow and are warm enough to grow oranges and avocados.

Temperate

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to climatic regions between subtropical and subarctic zones. Temperate areas usually have winter snow and are too cold to grow oranges and avocados. However, summer temperatures can be ...

vestigial

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

Referring to body parts that are remnants of parts that were more fully developed and functional in an earlier stage of evolution in the species.

ethnocentrism

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The feeling that your own group's cultural traditions and values are correct and superior to all others. This is usually coupled with a generalized dislike and even contempt for people who have other ...

anencephaly

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The failure to develop a brain at the end of the spinal chord. This type of neural tube defect always causes the death of a fetus or newborn child.

variable penetrance

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The expression of a genetically inherited trait in different forms or degrees in different people. For example, the alleles for the Down syndrome genes may cause an effect in the phenotype of some ...