Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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Propliopithecidae

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Family of the infraorder catarrhini from the middle Oligocene to late Miocene of Africa and Europe that may have given rise to the old world monkeys and the hominoids.

Indriidae

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Family of Madagascar prosimians that includes the Indri, Sifaka, and Avahi.

Omomyidae

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Family of Eocene and Oligocene primates, showing some resemblance to the tarsiers, found in north America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Victoriapithecidae

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Family of early and middle miocene old world monkeys from north and east Africa.

Multivariate explanation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Explanation of culture change, e.g. The origin of the state, which, in contrast to monocausal approaches, stresses the interaction of several factors operating simultaneously.