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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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Patrilocal postmarital residence
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A custom where by a married couple resides in the household or vicinity of the husband's parents.
Grammar
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The formal structure of a language, comprising phonology, morphology, and syntax.
Instrument height
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The elevation of the line-of-sight of a surveying instrument above the immediate ground surface.
Niche
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The environmental requirements and tolerances of a species; sometimes seen as a species' "profession" or what it does to survive.
Oldowan industry
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The earliest toolkits, comprising flake and pebble tools, used by hominids in the olduvai gorge, east Africa.
Exchange
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The distribution of goods and services among members of a society.
Speciation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The evolutionary process that is said to occur when two previous subspecies (of the same species) are no longer capable of successful interbreeding; they are then two different species.
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