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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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Cultural anthropology

Replication

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The experimental reproduction or duplication of prehistoric artefacts in an attempt to better understand how they were made and used in the past.

Primary flakes

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The first series of flakes removed from a core or nucleus in the process of tool manufacture.

Relative fitness (RF)

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The fitness of a genotype compared with the fitness of another genotype in the same gene system. Relative fitness is measured on a scale of o to 1.

Meiosis

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The form of cell division occurring in specialised tissues in the testes and ovary that leads to the production of gametes.

Mitosis

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The form of cell division whereby one celled organisms divide and whereby body cells divide in growth and replacement.

Specialisation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The limited range of activities in which a single individual is likely to be engaged.

Individualistic cult

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The least complex form of religious organisation in which each person is his or her own religious specialist.

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