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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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Biological species
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of interbreeding populations that is reproductively isolated from other such groups.
Play group
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A group of juveniles within a larger social unit that engage in play behavior.
Instrument
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A general term for major optical surveying equipment, including transits, alidades, and surveyor's levels.
Periglacial phenomena (also cryoturbation)
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A general term for disturbance of surficial deposits caused by frost action. Most prevalent in areas of permafrost and can be very damaging to archaeological sites.
Modifying gene
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A gene that alters the expression of another gene.
Social control
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A framework of rewards and sanctions that channel behavior.
Religion
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A framework of beliefs relating to supernatural or superhuman beings or forces that transcend the everyday material world.
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