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1. Cluster of 3 or more sibs - clans - kinship groups considered a single unit (but retain sep IDs within) - Native Americans: Used animal sign to ID (Tlingit Tribe: Matri] - Intermarriage b/n phratries was mandated)

2. Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic formation in a double-helix; (Watson & Crick)

3. Evaluate other groups according to OUR OWN standards (judging)

4. Penalty for violating moral principle or law. Larger society=more formal sanction

5. Method of detecting buried features by locating the magnetic disturbances they cause: (1957-58) proton magnetometer - the proton gradiometer - and the fluxgate gradiometer.

6. Ritual in Japan/Samurai - boys 12-16 - temple - adult clothes/hair

7. (Reverence): Most rituals mark day - month - season - year - stage of life - new event. Burial Rituals found from 20kya

8. Technology that Spread east to Indus River Valley (India) by 5k BC

9. Closest living animal to modern humans. 96% same DNA.

10. Spread of an IDEA from one group to another.

11. The living world. the regions of the surface and atmosphere of the Earth (or other planet) where living organisms exist

12. (Veblen): Display of wealth by its owner for social prestige

13. The linguistic hypothesis holds that language predisposes us to see the world in a certain way was developed by these two.

14. Cholula - Huastec - Mixtec - Olmec - Pipil - Totonac - Toltec - Zapote

15. Based on institutionalized beliefs and practices dealing with ultimate meaning of life. Belief stems from their experience of the world.

16. Research that refers to in-depth study using face-to-face or observation techniques to collect data from people in their natural settings.

17. A process in which chromosomes physically exchange parts.

18. Development of Civilizations: Copper & Tin=Bronze. Replaced stone for tools/weapons

19. Communal Ownership of Land. Some ownership - but pastures - forests - mountains - waterways - sacred grounds - are shared

20. (Foragers): Earliest and most stable form of human subsistence. Unit of production = Unit of Consumption. Of 150billion who have ever lived - 60% were HG. 99% of history as humans is as HG

21. Anthropologist: cross-cultural values

22. Anthropologist: formation of personalities

23. Specialization in Indus Socs. Not in Tribal Socs (age/gender decides who does what). Amazon tribes specialize though

24. A type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food - clothing - and shelter.

25. Planned - rescue - and accidental.

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