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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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Uniformitarianism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The principle which states that physical forces working today to alter the earth were also in force and working in the same way in former times.
Superposition
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The principle that under stable conditions strata on the bottom of a deposit were laid down first and hence are older than layers on top.
Maximum parsimony principle
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The principle that the most accurate phylogenetic tree is one that is based on the fewest changes in the genetic code.
Polymorphism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The presence of several distinct forms of a gene or phenotypic trait within a population with frequencies greater than 1 percent.
Primary context
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The original depositional situation, unaffected by any later disturbance.
Stratosphere
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The part of the atmosphere 20 to 50 kilometres (12 to 31 miles) above the earth's surface; the area where ozone forms.
Surface structure
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The particular arrangement of words that we hear or read.
