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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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Descriptive linguistics

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

That branch of anthropological linguistics that studies how languages are structured.

Research design

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Systematic planning of research, usually including (1) the formulation of a strategy to resolve a particular question; (2) the collection and recording of the evidence; (3) the processing and ...

Myth

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Storeys that are told about the deeds that supernatural beings played in the creation of human beings and the universe itself.

Local races

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Subdivisions of geographical races. One type consists of partially isolated groups, usually remnants of once larger units. The second type includes fairly large subdivisions that contain a degree of ...

Notharctinaet

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Subfamily of the adapidae, found primarily in north America.

Parapithecoidea

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Suborder of the order primates consisting of early Oligocene primates from the Fayum, Egypt.

Hard palate

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The bony roof of the mouth that separates the mouth from the nasal cavity, permitting the animal to breathe and chew at the same time.

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