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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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Sectorial premolar
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A unicuspid first lower premolar with a shearing edge.
Lineage
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A unilineal descent group composed of people who trace their genealogies through specified links to a common ancestor.
Sharing clusters
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Among chimpanzees, temporary groups that form after hunting to eat the meat.
Herd
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Among geladas, a large social unit consisting of several bands that come together under very good grazing conditions.
Petrified wood
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Agatized wood, sometimes used as a raw material for the manufacture of flaked stone artifacts. Often banded or laminated and of variable color.
Transformational rules
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
According to transformational grammar, the techniques by which deep structure is translated into surface structure.
Participant observation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Actual participation in a culture by an investigator, who seeks to gam social acceptance in the society as a means to acquire understanding of her or his observations.
