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62 relations: Affinity (law), Alliance theory, Altruism, Anthropology, Arapesh languages, Baldwin effect, Bali, Birth defect, Cambridge University Press, Caste, Clan, Classless society, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Convention (norm), Cultural universal, David M. Schneider, Decolonization, Edvard Westermarck, Endogamy, Ethnic group, Ethnography, Exogamy, Genealogical method, Genetic sexual attraction, Genetics, George C. Homans, Heredity, Heterosis, Human sexual activity, Immune system, Inbreeding, Inbreeding avoidance, Inbreeding depression, Incest, India, Instinct, Kinship, Major histocompatibility complex and sexual selection, Marcel Mauss, Margaret Mead, Marriage, Melford Spiro, Natural selection, Nature versus nurture, Odor, Oedipus complex, Oxford University Press, Predation, Primate, Psychoanalytic theory, ..., Race (human categorization), Rodney Needham, Sexual partner, Social norm, Starvation, Taboo, The Gift (book), Trobriand Islands, Vietnam War, Welfare state, Westermarck effect, Zygosity. Expand index (12 more) »
Affinity (law)
In law and in cultural anthropology, affinity, as distinguished from consanguinity (blood relationship), is the kinship relationship that is created or exists between two or more people as a result of someone's marriage.
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Alliance theory
The alliance theory, also known as the general theory of exchanges, is a structuralist method of studying kinship relations.
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Altruism
Altruism is the principle and moral practice of concern for happiness of other human beings, resulting in a quality of life both material and spiritual.
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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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Arapesh languages
The Arapesh languages are several closely related Torricelli languages of the 32,000 Arapesh people of Papua New Guinea.
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Baldwin effect
In evolutionary biology, the Baldwin effect describes the effect of learned behavior on evolution.
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Bali
Bali (Balinese:, Indonesian: Pulau Bali, Provinsi Bali) is an island and province of Indonesia with the biggest Hindu population.
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Birth defect
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Caste
Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, status in a hierarchy, customary social interaction, and exclusion.
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Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent.
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Classless society
Classless society refers to a society in which no one is born into a social class.
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Claude Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss (28 November 1908, Brussels – 30 October 2009, Paris) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theory of structuralism and structural anthropology.
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Convention (norm)
A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated, or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms, or criteria, often taking the form of a custom.
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Cultural universal
A cultural universal (also called an anthropological universal or human universal), as discussed by Emile Durkheim, George Murdock, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Donald Brown and others, is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all human cultures worldwide.
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David M. Schneider
David Murray Schneider (November 11, 1918, Brooklyn, New York – October 30, 1995, Santa Cruz, California) was an American cultural anthropologist, best known for his studies of kinship and as a major proponent of the symbolic anthropology approach to cultural anthropology.
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Decolonization
Decolonization (American English) or decolonisation (British English) is the undoing of colonialism: where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over one or more other territories.
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Edvard Westermarck
Edvard Alexander Westermarck (20 November 1862 – 3 September 1939) was a Finnish philosopher and sociologist.
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Endogamy
Endogamy is the practice of marrying within a specific social group, caste or ethnic group, rejecting those from others as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships.
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Ethnic group
An ethnic group, or an ethnicity, is a category of people who identify with each other based on similarities such as common ancestry, language, history, society, culture or nation.
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Ethnography
Ethnography (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos "folk, people, nation" and γράφω grapho "I write") is the systematic study of people and cultures.
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Exogamy
Exogamy is a social arrangement where marriage is allowed only outside a social group.
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Genealogical method
The genealogical method is a well-established procedure in ethnography.
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Genetic sexual attraction
Genetic sexual attraction (GSA) is a term for an overwhelming sexual attraction that may develop between close blood relatives who first meet as adults.
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Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms.
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George C. Homans
George Casper Homans (August 11, 1910 – May 29, 1989) was an American Sociologist, founder of behavioral sociology and the Social Exchange Theory.
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Heredity
Heredity is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring, either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.
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Heterosis
Heterosis, hybrid vigor, or outbreeding enhancement, is the improved or increased function of any biological quality in a hybrid offspring.
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Human sexual activity
Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.
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Immune system
The immune system is a host defense system comprising many biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease.
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Inbreeding
Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically.
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Inbreeding avoidance
Inbreeding avoidance, or the inbreeding avoidance hypothesis, is a concept in evolutionary biology that refers to the prevention of the deleterious effects of inbreeding.
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Inbreeding depression
Inbreeding depression is the reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of inbreeding, or breeding of related individuals.
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Incest
Incest is sexual activity between family members or close relatives.
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India
India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.
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Instinct
Instinct or innate behavior is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behavior.
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Kinship
In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated.
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Major histocompatibility complex and sexual selection
The major histocompatibility complex in sexual selection concerns how major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules allow for immune system surveillance of the population of protein molecules in a host's cells.
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Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss (10 May 1872 – 10 February 1950) was a French sociologist.
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Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).
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Melford Spiro
Melford Elliot "Mel" Spiro (April 26, 1920 – October 18, 2014) was an American cultural anthropologist specializing in religion and psychological anthropology.
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Nature versus nurture
The nature versus nurture debate involves whether human behaviour is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person's life, or by a person's genes.
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Odor
An odor, odour or fragrance is always caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds.
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Oedipus complex
The Oedipus complex is a concept of psychoanalytic theory.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).
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Primate
A primate is a mammal of the order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank").
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Psychoanalytic theory
Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology.
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Race (human categorization)
A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.
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Rodney Needham
Rodney Needham (15 May 1923 – 4 December 2006 in Oxford) was a British social anthropologist.
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Sexual partner
Sexual partners are people who engage in sexual activity together.
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Social norm
From a sociological perspective, social norms are informal understandings that govern the behavior of members of a society.
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Starvation
Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life.
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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 Gift (book)
The Gift is a short book by the French sociologist Marcel Mauss that is the foundation of social theories of reciprocity and gift exchange.
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Trobriand Islands
The Trobriand Islands are a archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Welfare state
The welfare state is a concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the social and economic well-being of its citizens.
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Westermarck effect
The Westermarck effect, or reverse sexual imprinting, is a hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to sexual attraction.
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Zygosity
Zygosity is the degree of similarity of the alleles for a trait in an organism.
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