a subset of cultural anthropology concerned with the comparative study of contemporary cultures, with a view to deriving general principles about human society.
The study of the cultural groupings of humankind, e.g. origins, history, speech, etc.
A branch of anthropology that deals with the origin, distribution and distinguishing characteristics of the race of mankind.
(eth·NOL·o·gy). The analytic study of culture or the comparative analysis of culture. See sociocultural anthropology.
cross-cultural comparison or the comparative study of contemporary cultures and societies.
The aspect of cultural anthropology concerned with the comparative and processional analysis of ethnographic cultures.
Science (branch of anthropology) that deals with races and peoples and their origin, distribution, relations and characteristics; the comparative and analytical study of cultures.
the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
The study of culture on a comparative basis, often considered the same as cultural anthropology. fable Any story in which the characters are talking animals and have both human and animal traits. flint knapping The craft of fashioning tools and points from flint, chert, obsidian, quartz, and other stones.
similar to Cultural Anthropology, the comparative and analytical study of contemporary human cultures
The anthropological study of cultures.
the part of anthropology that studies living cultural groups of people. An ethnologist often lives with a group of people in order to study them.
The study of cultures, both modern cultures and past cultures. Ethnology is the description of a culture based on observing and interacting with living people.
Ethnology (Greek ethnos: people) is a genre of anthropological study, involving the systematic comparison of the folklore, beliefs and practices of different societies. Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct contact with the culture, ethnology takes the research that ethnographers have compiled and then compares and contrasts different cultures.