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Anthropology Terminology: A Comprehensive Glossary of Key Concepts in Anthropology, Quizzes of Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Definitions for essential terms in anthropology, including anthropology itself, culture, biocultural approach, holistic, variation, comparative approach, evolution, adaptation, cultural anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, hypothesis, theory, taxonomy, species, genus, uniformitarianism, natural selection, theistic evolution, and intelligent design creationism.

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TERM 1
Anthropology
DEFINITION 1
the science that investigates human biological and cultural
variation and evolution.
TERM 2
Culture
DEFINITION 2
behavior that is shared, learned, and socially transmitted.
TERM 3
Biocultural Approach
DEFINITION 3
studying humans in terms of the interaction between biology
and culture in evolutionary adaptation.
TERM 4
Holistic
DEFINITION 4
integrating all aspects of existence in understanding human
variation and evolution.
TERM 5
Variation
DEFINITION 5
the differences that exist among individuals or populations.
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Anthropology

the science that investigates human biological and cultural variation and evolution. TERM 2

Culture

DEFINITION 2 behavior that is shared, learned, and socially transmitted. TERM 3

Biocultural Approach

DEFINITION 3 studying humans in terms of the interaction between biology and culture in evolutionary adaptation. TERM 4

Holistic

DEFINITION 4 integrating all aspects of existence in understanding human variation and evolution. TERM 5

Variation

DEFINITION 5 the differences that exist among individuals or populations.

Comparative Approach

comparing human populations to determine common and unique behaviors or biological traits. TERM 7

Evolution

DEFINITION 7 change in populations of organisms from one generation to the next. TERM 8

Adaptation

DEFINITION 8 the process of successful interaction between a population and an environment. TERM 9

Cultural Anthropology

DEFINITION 9 the subfield of anthropology that focuses on variations in cultural behaviors among human populations. TERM 10

Archaeology

DEFINITION 10 the subfield of anthropology that focuses on cultural variations in prehistoric (and some historic) populations by analyzing the culture's remains.

Species

a group of populations whose members can interbreed naturally and produce fertile offspring. TERM 17

Genus

DEFINITION 17 groups of species with similar adaptations. TERM 18

Uniformitarianism

DEFINITION 18 the observation that the geologic processes that operate in the world today also operated in the past. TERM 19

Natural Selection

DEFINITION 19 a mechanism for evolutionary change favoring the survival and reproduction of some organisms over others because of their biological characteristics. TERM 20

Theistic Evolution

DEFINITION 20 the belief that God operates through the natural process of evolution.

Intelligent Design Creationism

the idea that the biological world was created by an intelligent entity and did not arise from natural processes.