ethos - (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

eidos - (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group

human palaeontology, human paleontology, palaeoanthropology, paleoanthropology - the scientific study of human fossils

social science - the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society

archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures

descriptive anthropology, ethnography - the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

ethnology - the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics

physical anthropology - the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings

cultural anthropology, social anthropology - the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society

structural anthropology, structuralism - an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena

affine - (anthropology) kin by marriage

endogamic, endogamous - pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe

exogamic, exogamous - pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe

outbred - bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes

Mongoloid - of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia