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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
Age set
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of people roughly the same age who pass through various age grades together.
Age grade
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of people of the same sex and approximately the same age who share a set of duties and privileges.
Ecosystem
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of organisms with specific relationships between themselves and a particular environment.
Number of identified specimens (NISP)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A gross counting technique used in the quantification of animal bones. The method may produce misleading results in assessing the relative abundance of different species, since skeletal differences ...
Descent group
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of consanguineal kin united by presumed lineal descent from a common ancestor.
Operon
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of genes all controlled by the same regulatory gene.
Society
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of interacting people who share a geographical region, a sense of common identity, and a common culture.
