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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Culture > Ethnology
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Anthropology > Anthropology, Cultural > Culture > Ethnology

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Ethnology  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Primitive Societies
  • Primitive Society
  • Societies, Primitive
  • Society, Primitive

Note

  • do not confuse with ETHOLOGY, the study of animal behavior; prefer /ethnol

Scope note

  • The comparative and theoretical study of culture, often synonymous with cultural anthropology.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005007

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