Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Vasoconstriction

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The constriction of the capillaries in the skin in response to cold temperatures.

Plane-table mapping

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The construction of small-scale topographic maps, on the site, by use of an alidade, plane-table, and stadia-rod.

Theory of acquired characteristics

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The concept, popularised by Lamarck, that traits gained during a lifetime can then be passed on to the next generation by genetic means; considered invalid today.

The concept that major evolutionary changes tend to take place in stages, not all at once. Human evolution shows a mosaic pattern in the fact that small canine teeth, large brains, and tool use did ...

Ice cores

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Borings taken from the arctic and Antarctic polar ice caps, containing layers of compacted ice useful for the reconstruction of paleoenvironments and as a method of absolute dating.