Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Sweating

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The production of a fluid, sweat, by the sweat glands of the skin. The evaporation of the sweat from the skin leads to a cooling of the body.

The product of a theory derived from thermodynamics which demonstrates that order can arise spontaneously when systems are pushed far from an equilibrium state. The emergence of new structure arises ...

Repressor protein

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The product of a regulatory gene that blocks the function of another gene.

Natural selection

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The process whereby members of a species who have more surviving offspring than others pass their traits on to the next generation, whereas the less favoured do not do so to the same degree.

Logistics

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The process of transporting, supplying and supporting a field project.

Peripheralization

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The process whereby an adolescent animal encounters aggressive behaviour from adults and gradually moves away from the group over time.

Kin selection

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The process whereby an individual's genes are selected by virtue of that individual's increasing the chances that his or her kin's genes will be propagated into the next generation.