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49 relations: Adansonia, Africa, Altered state of consciousness, Angola, Animatism, Animism, Anthropology, Botswana, Carl Sagan, Case study, Childbirth, Click consonant, Culture hero, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Gossip Girl, Infanticide, Ivy Dickens, Juǀ'hoan dialect, Kalahari Debate, Kalahari Desert, Kx'a languages, Laying on of hands, Lorna Marshall, Lotus birth, Marjorie Shostak, Marshall Sahlins, Matrilocal residence, Millet, Namibia, Nature reserve, Original affluent society, Ovamboland, Phish, Placenta, Platfontein, Prehistory, Protagonist, Richard Borshay Lee, San people, Shamanism, Spirit, Supreme Being, Taboo, The Demon-Haunted World, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Traditional African medicine, Umbilical cord, Unassisted childbirth, White Africans of European ancestry.
Adansonia
Adansonia is a genus of deciduous trees known as baobabs.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).
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Altered state of consciousness
An altered state of consciousness (ASC), also called altered state of mind or mind alteration, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking state.
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Repubilika ya Ngola), is a country in Southern Africa.
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Animatism
Animatism is a term coined by British anthropologist Robert Marett to refer to "a belief in a generalized, impersonal power over which people have some measure of control".
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Animism
Animism (from Latin anima, "breath, spirit, life") is the religious belief that objects, places and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.
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Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humans and human behaviour and societies in the past and present.
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Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa.
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Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences.
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Case study
In the social sciences and life sciences, a case study is a research method involving an up-close, in-depth, and detailed examination of a subject of study (the case), as well as its related contextual conditions.
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Childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of a pregnancy by one or more babies leaving a woman's uterus by vaginal passage or C-section.
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Click consonant
Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa.
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Culture hero
A culture hero is a mythological hero specific to some group (cultural, ethnic, religious, etc.) who changes the world through invention or discovery.
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (born September 13, 1931) is an American author.
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Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar.
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Infanticide
Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants.
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Ivy Dickens
Ivy Dickens (former alias: Charlotte "Charlie" Rhodes) is a fictional character who exclusively appears in the ''Gossip Girl'' television adaptation, portrayed by Kaylee DeFer.
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Juǀ'hoan dialect
Juǀʼhoan (also rendered Zhuǀʼhõasi, Dzuǀʼoasi, Zû-ǀhoa, JuǀʼHoansi), or Southeastern ǃXuun (Southeastern Ju), is the southern variety of the !Kung dialect continuum, spoken in northeastern Namibia and the Northwest District of Botswana.
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Kalahari Debate
The Kalahari Debate is a series of back and forth arguments that began in the 1980s amongst anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians about how the San people and hunter-gatherer societies in southern Africa have lived in the past.
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Kalahari Desert
The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa extending for, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia and regions of South Africa.
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Kx'a languages
The Kx'a languages, also called Ju–ǂHoan, are a family established in 2010 linking the ǂ’Amkoe (ǂHoan) language with the ǃKung (Juu) dialect cluster, a relationship that had been suspected for a decade.
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Laying on of hands
The laying on of hands is a religious ritual.
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Lorna Marshall
Lorna Marshall (September 14, 1898 – July 8, 2002), born Lorna Jean McLean, was an anthropologist who in the 1950s, 60s and 70s lived among and wrote about the previously unstudied !Kung people of the Kalahari Desert.
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Lotus birth
Lotus birth (or umbilical nonseverance) is the practice of leaving the umbilical cord uncut after childbirth so that the baby is left attached to the placenta until the cord naturally separates at the umbilicus, usually 3-10 days after birth.
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Marjorie Shostak
Marjorie Shostak (May 11, 1945 – October 6, 1996) was an American anthropologist.
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Marshall Sahlins
Marshall David Sahlins (born December 27, 1930) is an American anthropologist best known for his ethnographic work in the Pacific and for his contributions to anthropological theory.
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Matrilocal residence
In social anthropology, matrilocal residence or matrilocality (also uxorilocal residence or uxorilocality) is the societal system in which a married couple resides with or near the wife's parents.
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Millet
Millets (/ˈmɪlɪts/) are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.
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Nature reserve
A nature reserve (also called a natural reserve, bioreserve, (natural/nature) preserve, or (national/nature) conserve) is a protected area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.
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Original affluent society
The "original affluent society" is a theory postulating that hunter-gatherers were the original affluent society.
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Ovamboland
Ovamboland (also: Owamboland) is a region of Namibia.
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Phish
Phish is an American rock band that was founded at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont in 1983.
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Placenta
The placenta is an organ that connects the developing fetus to the uterine wall to allow nutrient uptake, thermo-regulation, waste elimination, and gas exchange via the mother's blood supply; to fight against internal infection; and to produce hormones which support pregnancy.
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Platfontein
Platfontein is a community located in an arid region of the Northern Cape Province, 15 kilometers outside the town of Kimberley.
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Prehistory
Human prehistory is the period between the use of the first stone tools 3.3 million years ago by hominins and the invention of writing systems.
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Protagonist
A protagonist In modern usage, a protagonist is the main character of any story (in any medium, including prose, poetry, film, opera and so on).
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Richard Borshay Lee
Richard Borshay Lee (born 1937) is a Canadian anthropologist.
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San people
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Shamanism
Shamanism is a practice that involves a practitioner reaching altered states of consciousness in order to perceive and interact with what they believe to be a spirit world and channel these transcendental energies into this world.
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Spirit
A spirit is a supernatural being, often but not exclusively a non-physical entity; such as a ghost, fairy, or angel.
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Supreme Being
Supreme Being is a term used by theologians and philosophers of many religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Jainism, Deism and Zoroastrianism, often as an alternative to the term God.
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Taboo
In any given society, a taboo is an implicit prohibition or strong discouragement against something (usually against an utterance or behavior) based on a cultural feeling that it is either too repulsive or dangerous, or, perhaps, too sacred for ordinary people.
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The Demon-Haunted World
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is a 1995 book by astrophysicist Carl Sagan, in which the author aims to explain the scientific method to laypeople, and to encourage people to learn critical and skeptical thinking.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 South African comedy film written and directed by Jamie Uys.
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Traditional African medicine
Traditional African medicine is an alternative medicine discipline involving indigenous herbalism and African spirituality, typically involving diviners, midwives, and herbalists.
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Umbilical cord
In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta.
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Unassisted childbirth
Unassisted childbirth (UC) refers to the process of intentionally giving birth without the assistance of a medical birth attendant.
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White Africans of European ancestry
White Africans are people of European descent residing in, or hailing from, Africa who identify themselves as (or are identified as) white.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ǃKung_people
