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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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Family of procreation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Nuclear family established when one marries and has children.
Capital
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Wealth or resources invested in business, with the intent of producing a profit.
Bilateral kinship calculation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A system in which kinship ties are calculated equally through both sexes: mother and father, sister and brother, daughter and son, and so on.
Phonemics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The study of the sound contrasts (phonemes) of a particular language.
Advocacy view
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Of applied anthropology; the belief that precisely because anthropologists are experts on human problems and social change, and because they study, understand, and respect cultural values, they ...
Natural selection
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Originally formulated by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace; the process by which nature selects the forms most fit to survive and reproduce in a given environment, such as the tropics.
Differential access
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Unequal access to resources; basic attribute of chiefdoms and states. Superordinates have favoured access to such resources, while the access of subordinates is limited by superordinates.
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