anthropological
About human societies
Anthropological means relating to anthropology—the study of human societies, cultures, and their development.
The word describes research, methods, or perspectives that examine how people live, what they believe, and how communities organize themselves: an anthropological study of marriage rituals, from an anthropological perspective, the practice makes sense.
Systematic study of peoples
- cultural relativismUnderstanding norms within their context
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
traditions · beliefs · folklore · mythology · cosmology · symbolism · taboo · totemism
State of being related
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- ancestryFamily line of descent
social structure · caste · class · gender roles · marriage · descent · moiety · exogamy
Science of ancestral human remains
- hominidBipedal primate family
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- NeanderthalExtinct archaic human species
bipedalism · fossil record · morphology · phylogeny · speciation · adaptation · mitochondrial DNA · genetic drift
Related tongues from one source
- pidginImprovised contact language
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- cultural relativismUnderstanding norms within their context
- ethnocentrismBelief one's culture superior
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
rituals · traditions · beliefs · folklore · mythology · cosmology · symbolism · taboo · totemism · rites of passage
kinship
State of being related
ancestry · social structure · caste · class · gender roles · marriage · descent · moiety · exogamy · endogamy
paleoanthropology
Science of ancestral human remains
- hominidBipedal primate family
- Homo erectusExtinct bipedal human ancestor
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
Neanderthal · bipedalism · fossil record · morphology · phylogeny · speciation · adaptation · mitochondrial DNA · genetic drift · migration patterns
Margaret Mead
- Jane GoodallBritish primatologist, Gombe pioneer
- Dian Fossey
- Zora Neale Hurston
language family
Related tongues from one source
- pidginImprovised contact language
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- code-switchingAlternating between linguistic varieties
oral tradition · naming conventions · endangered languages · multilingualism
anthropologicalgeological
Of Earth's physical structure
biological · astronomical · physical · chemical · botanical
anthropologicalgeneral
Widespread, not specialized
universal · abstract · theoretical · ahistorical · nonhuman