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| The study of the human species and its immediate ancestors. |
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| Encompassing past, present, and future; biology, society, language, and culture. |
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| Traditions and customs transmitted through learning. |
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| Combining biological and cultural approaches to a given problem. |
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| The comparative, cross-cultural, study of human society and culture. |
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| Fieldwork in a particular cultural setting. |
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| Archaeological Anthropology |
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| The study of human behavior through material remains. |
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| The study of sociocultural differences and similarities. |
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| The study of human biological variation in time and space. |
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| The study of language and linguistic diversity in time, space, and society. |
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| The study of language in society. |
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| Field of study that seeks reliable explanations, with reference to the material and physical world. |
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| Using anthropology to solve contemporary problems. |
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| A set of ideas formulated to explain something. |
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| An observed relationship between two or more variables. |
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| Cultural Resource Management |
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| Deciding what needs saving when entire archaeological sites cannot be saved. |
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| A suggested but as yet unverified explanation. |
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| The process by which culture is learned and transmitted across the generations. |
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| Something, verbal or nonverbal, that stands for something else. |
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| Key, basic, or central values that integrate a culture. |
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| Member of hominid family; any fossil or living human, chimp, or gorilla. |
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| Honinids excluding the African apes; all the human species that ever have existed. |
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| Cultural pattern or trait that exists in some but not all societies. |
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| Distinctive or unique culture trait, pattern,or integration. |
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| Different cultural traditions associated with subgroups in the same nation. |
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| Cultural features shared by citizens of the same nation. |
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| Cultural traditions that extend beyond national boundaries. |
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| Judging other cultures using one's own cultural standards. |
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| Rights based on justice and morality beyond and superior to particular countries, cultures, and religions. |
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| Rights vested in religious and ethnic minorities and indigenous societies. |
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| Idea that to know another culture requires full understanding of its members' beliefs and motivations. |
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| Intellectual property rights; an indigenous group's collective knowledge and its applications. |
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| Borrowing of cultural traits between societies. |
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| An exchange of cultural features between groups in firsthand contact. |
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| The independent development of a cultural feature in different societies. |
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| The accelerating interdependence of nations in the world system today. |
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| Using anthropology to solve contemporary problems. |
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| Field that examines the sociocultural dimensions of economic development. |
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| Reduction in absolute poverty, with a more even distribution of wealth. |
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| Trying to achieve too much change. |
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| Seeing less-developed countries as all the same; ignoring cultural diversity. |
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| Anthropology and Education |
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| Study of students in the context of their family, peers, and enculturation. |
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| Anthropological study of cities and urban life. |
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| The comparative, biocultural, study of disease, health problems, and health-care systems. |
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| A scientifically identified health threat caused by a known pathogen. |
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| Beliefs, customs, and specialists concerned with preventing and curing illness. |
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| Study of hominid, hominin, and human life through the fossil record. |
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| Agreement to take part in research, after being fully informed about it. |
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| Study of ancient life through the fossil record. |
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| Study of ancient plants and environments through pollen samples. |
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| Study of ancient plants and environments through pollen samples. |
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| Use of aerial photos and satellite images to locate site on the ground. |
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| Measurement of human body parts and dimensions. |
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| Study of bone as a biological tissue. |
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| Study of disease and injury in skeletons from archaeological sites. |
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| DNA comparisons used to determine evolutionary links and distances. |
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| Study of settlement patterns over a large area. |
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| Study of processes affecting remains of dead animals. |
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| Establishing dates in numbers or ranges. |
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| Establishing a time frame in relation to other strata or materials. |
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| Study of earth sediments deposited in demarcated layers (strata). |
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| Tree-ring dating; a form of absolute dating. |
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| Transformation of species; descent with modification. |
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| Selection of favored forms through differential reproductive success. |
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| Natural forces at work today also explain past events. |
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| Field that studies genetics of breeding populations. |
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| Allele that masks another allele in heterozygote. |
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| Genetic trait masked by a dominant trait. |
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| Paired lengths of DNA, composed of multiple genes. |
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| Place (locus) on a chromosome that determines a particular trait. |
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| A variant of a particular gene. |
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| Having dissimilar alleles of a given gene. |
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| Having identical alleles of a given gene. |
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| An organism's hereditary makeup. |
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| An organism's evident biological traits. |
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| Chromosomes inherited independently of one another. |
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| Process by which sex cells are produced. |
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| Homologous chromosomes intertwine and exchange DNA. |
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| All the genetic material in a breeding population. |
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| Change in gene (allele) frequency in a breeding population. |
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| Favored by natural selection. |
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| Selection of traits that enhance mating success. |
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| Alleles maintain a constant frequency in a population over time. |
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| Genetic change due to chance. |
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| Exchange of genetic material through interbreeding. |
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| Members can interbreed to produce offspring that live and reproduce. |
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| Formation of new species. |
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| Long periods of stability, with occasional evolutionary leaps. |
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| Assigning organisms (purportedly) based on common ancestry. |
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| Gradual shift in gene (allele) frequencies between neighboring populations. |
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| Lineage or branch of a genetic tree marked by one or more specific genetic mutations. |
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| "Natural Sunscreen" produced by skin cells responsible for pigmentation. |
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| Average nose length increases in cold areas. |
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| Larger bodies found in colder areas and smaller bodies in warmer ones. |
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| Protruding body parts are bigger in warmer areas. |
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| Adaptive biological changes during an individual's lifetime. |
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| Classification scheme; assignment to categories. |
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| Traits inherited from a common ancestor. |
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| traits due to convergent evolution. |
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| The primate suborder that includes lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers. |
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| Monkeys, apes, and humans. |
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| Marked differences in male and female anatomy and temperament. |
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| Small, arboreal, Asiatic apes. |
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| Under-the-branch swinging. |
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| Study of the evolutionary basis of social behavior. |
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| Superfamily that includes humans and all the apes. |
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