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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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Animism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Belief in a soul, a spiritual essence that differs from the tangible, physical body.
Marxist anthropology
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Based principally on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, this posits a materialist model of societal change. Change within a society is seen as the result of contradictions arising ...
Pyrimidine
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Base found in nucleic acids that consists of a single ring of carbon and nitrogen; in DNA, thymine and cytosine, and in RNA, uracil and cytosine.
Spontaneous generation
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An old and incorrect idea that complex life forms could be spontaneously created from nonliving material.
Formal interview
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An interview that consists of questions designed to elicit specific facts, attitudes, and opinions.
Tool
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An object that appears to have been created for a specific purpose.
Ulu
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An Eskimo word for a relatively large, semi-lunate, side-mounted "woman's knife".
