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Definition: Anthropology
1. Bipedalism: the trait of habitually walking on two legs.
2. Radiometric dating: a process that is used to determine the age of an object, based on measuring the
amount of radioactive material it has.
3. Subculture: a small group within a larger group who share the common system of values, beliefs, attitude,
behaviors, and lifestyle distinct from those of larger group.
4. Kinship: the relationship between two or more people that is based on common ancestry marriage and
adoption.
5. Informant: a reliable and knowledgeable who provides specific information to an anthropologist study her
or his community.
6. Ethnography: the written account of the culture.
7. Ethnology: the study of origins and cultures of different races and peoples.
8. Participant observation: a careful watching of a group in some cases living with its member and
participating in their culture.
9. Hypothesis: an idea or an explanation of something that is based on known facts but has not yet been
proved.
10. Culture: the total system of ideas, values, behaviors, and attitudes of society commonly shared by most
members of a society.
11. Ethnocentric: believing that ones own culture is superior to all others.
12. Fossil: preserved remains of biological matter.
13. Archeology: the study of the building, graves, tools, and other objects which belonged to people who lived
in the past, in order to learn about their culture and society.
14. Anthropology: the study of human race, its culture and society and its physical development.
15. Anthropologist: someone who scientifically studies human, their customs, beliefs and relationship.
16. Primate: the study of human ancestors based on evidence from distant evolutionary past;
Example: as the study through stones and bones.
17. Sociolinguistics: the study of people use language within their culture to express status and context.
18. Linguist: someone who studies foreign languages and can speak them very well, or someone who teaches
or studies linguistic.
19. Civilization: human society with its well-developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a
society or a country at particular period of time.
20. Subjective: type of conclusions shaped by a persons cultural and personal perspective, feeling and believes
21. Objective: type of conclusions based on facts and data and uninfluenced by personal perspective,
prejudices, or emotions.
22. Reflexivity: the practice of reflecting on your own world view, biases, and impact on the culture youre
studying.
23. Paleoanthropology: the study that helps legal agencies to identify human remains after the mass disaster,
war, homicides, suicide, and accidental death.
24. Hominin: a human or human ancestor.
25. Forensic anthropology: a member of the most developed or intelligent group of mammals, including
human, monkeys, and apes.

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