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| A classification of peoples based on presumed biological similarities |
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| A national state of being viewed as desirable, which assumes ethnic diversity, but does not assume ethnic hierarchies |
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| radiometric dating technique that establishes ranges of numbers, giving exact dates. |
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| a series of beneficial biological adjustments to the environment |
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| The process by which culture is learned and transmitted across generations. |
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| Studying language in its social and cultural context, across space and over time |
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| The ability to use language rules to create new expressions |
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| primate suborder of monkeys and apes |
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| A classification of people based on cultural, historical, and genealogical factors |
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| The exchange of cultural features or traits when different groups come into continuous contact |
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| Study of past human behavior through the culture‟s material remains |
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| spontaneous, regular, and random alteration of genetic material that produces new variation |
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| Father of the theory of evolution |
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| The children of a mixed couple are automatically categorized into the minority parent‟s group |
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| changes in gene frequencies (and gene pools) due to chance |
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