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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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Economic system
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The ideas and institutions that people draw upon and the behaviours in which they engage in order to secure resources to satisfy their needs and desires.
Post-mold
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The impression, stain, or cavity, left in the ground by a rotted wooden post.
Pyrotechnology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The intentional use and control of fire by humans.
Synostosis
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The joining of separate pieces of bone in human skeletons; the precise timing of such processes is an important indicator of age.
Temporomandibular joint
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The joint formed at the point of articulation of the mandible and the base of the skull.
Social intelligence
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The knowledge and images that originate in an individual's brain and that are transferred by speech land in the last 5,000 years, by writing to the brains of others.
X chromosome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The larger of the two sex chromosomes. Normal females possess two x chromosomes; normal males possess one x and one y chromosome.
