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Anthropology Vocabulary Words

Can you identify these words relating to the study of Anthropology? This quiz is challenging for the novice.
All answers are a single word
Anthropology is broken into four subfields - archaeology, linguistics, biologic & cultural
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Last updated: December 29, 2014
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Society's ideas and values that are reflected in that group's behavior
Culture
Process by which the above is passed between generations
Enculturation
Identification of human remains for legal purposes
Forensics
General term for on-location research
Fieldwork
Detailed description of a group based on the above
Ethnography
Based on observations of the world rather than intuition or faith
Empirical
Process by which species biologically change over time
Evolution
Worldwide interconnectedness especially in trade
Globalization
Meanings assigned to the biological differentiation of the sexes
Gender
"National Customs" ; the expression of cultural ideas by a group
Ethnicity
Arbitrary item, sign or sound empowered with meaning
Symbol
Economic foundation of a society; also refers to roads
Infrastructure
Change in behavior or biology caused by a change in environment
Adaptation
Communication using sounds or gestures that follows a set of rules
Language
Series of symbols representing the sounds of a language
Alphabet
Communication form that reflects regions, occupations or social class
Dialect
The study of communication sounds
Phonology
Type of data that includes nonstatistical information such as stories
Qualitative
Study of living and fossil primates
Primatology
Extinct proto-human group living in Europe about 30,000 years ago
Neandertals
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