survivals
Things that endured
Survivals are things that have persisted from an earlier time into the present.
The term often implies something outdated or vestigial that remains when its original context has disappeared: These customs are survivals from medieval times.
In anthropology, survivals specifically denote cultural practices that have outlived the conditions that produced them.
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
rituals · practices · remnants · heritage · artifacts · ceremonies · superstitions · antiquities
What stays after most goes
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
traces · evidence · records · documents · artifacts · fragments · remains · relics
Capacity to recover quickly
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- ordealsSeverely difficult experiences
adversity · tenacity · grit · fortitude · persistence · determination · overcoming · outlasting
Superlatively prepared physically
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
traits · inheritance · fitness · competition · mutation · selection pressure · genetic · descendants
Wilderness survival skill set
- sheltersPlaces offering protection
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- huntingPursuing wild game
- water purificationRendering liquid safe to drink
navigation · exposure · rescue · provisions · emergency · signaling · hypothermia · rations
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
folklore · rituals · practices · remnants · heritage · artifacts · ceremonies · superstitions · antiquities · holdovers
remnants
What stays after most goes
- vestigesRemaining traces of something
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- archaeologicalOf studying ancient remains
ruins · traces · evidence · records · documents · artifacts · fragments · remains · relics · monuments
resilience
Capacity to recover quickly
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
ordeals · adversity · tenacity · grit · fortitude · persistence · determination · overcoming · outlasting · withstanding
fittest
Superlatively prepared physically
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- natural selectionDifferential reproductive success
- DarwinBritish naturalist, species theorist
species · traits · inheritance · fitness · competition · mutation · selection pressure · genetic · descendants · lineage
bushcraft
Wilderness survival skill set
water purification · navigation · exposure · rescue · provisions · emergency · signaling · hypothermia · rations · stranded
recovery
Regaining what was lost
diagnosis · mortality · morbidity · outcomes · patients · survivors · complications · intervention · therapy · resuscitation
- vestigestraces, remnants, relics, ruins, fossils
- Holdoversleftovers, remnants, vestiges, carryovers, residuals
- pseudosciencehomeopathy, astrology, phrenology, numerology, palmistry
- social evolutionsocial evolution, cultural evolution, social progress, social development, Morgan
survivalsdeaths
Permanent cessations of life
fatalities · casualties · mortalities · perishing · losses
survivalsextinctions
Permanent species loss
disappearances · losses · die-offs · obliterations · erasures
- survival kitLife-preserving supply bundle
- survival knivesRugged outdoor cutting tools
- jungle survivalThriving in wild tropics
- survival instinctInborn drive to live
- survival skillsKnowledge for staying alive
- survival of the fittestAdaptive advantage perpetuates species