Anthropology

Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity. Its concerns include human life, origins and behaviour, and the ancestors of modern Homo sapiens.

A corroboree is a ceremonial meeting of		Australian aborigines
The rainbow serpent features in the art of
Nomadic groups that live in the Sahara and Arabian deserts		Bedouin
Dayak: loose term for various groups of native inhabitants of the interior of		Borneo
Earliest human remains found in Europe (Sussex, 1993)		Boxgrove Man
Ethnic group living mainly in the US state of Louisiana: descendants of exiles from what are now known as the Maritime Provinces of Canada; famous for their music and cuisine		Cajuns
Original people of the Caribbean		Caribs
The Han people make up approximately 90% of the population of		China
Common name for the first European homo sapiens – after the place in South–West France where the first specimen was found in 1868; modern science prefers the term 'European early modern humans' (EEMH)		Cro–Magnon Man
Caribs are now only found on		Dominica
Term used by Australian aborigines to describe the Creation (?)		Dreaming (Dream Time)
Falashas come from		Ethiopia
Home of the Ashanti people		Ghana
Germanic people that settled beside the Black Sea in the second century BC and conquered parts of the Roman Empire		Goths
The Latin name for the human species – literally meaning "thinking man"		Homo sapiens
Pastoral nomads of Namibia and Cape Province		Hottentots
Ethnic group that seized power in Rwanda from the Tutsi after the end of Belgian colonial rule, proceeding to kill thousands of them – particularly in the "genocide" of 1994		Hutu
Gypsies (Romanies) originated in north–west		India
The Ainu (EYE–noo) are a minority ethnic group in		Japan
Ethnic group to which the majority of the population of Cambodia belong; also the name given to their culture – including language, cuisine and architecture		Japan
Cultural region of Northern Europe, home of the Sami people; includes parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia		Lapland
French anthropologist, 1908–90, tried to find a universal structure governing all societies		Claude Levi–Strauss
'Official' name – after the peat bog near Wilmslow, Cheshire, in which it was found in 1984 – of a body, believed to date from between 2 BC and AD 199, and affectionately known as Pete Marsh		Lindow Man
'Pet' name – inspired by a Beatles song – given to a hominid skeleton, dated at 3.2 million years old, found in Ethiopia in 1974		Lucy
The Malagasy are the dominant ethnic group in		Madagascar
Largest ethnic group in Hungary		Magyars
Nomadic people of Kenya and Tanzania, noted for their bright red robes and the calmness and courage of their warriors		Maasai
Collective term used to denote peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America – particularly the Yucatan peninsula – who share a cultural and linguistic heritage; their calendar predicted that the world would end on 21 December 2012		Maya
Culture of what is now Peru, 300 BC to 800 AD; named after the modern city in its region; responsible for the gigantic geoglyphs (lines) named after it		Nazca
Extinct member of the Homo genus, named after the valley near Dusseldorf, Germany, where a "type specimen" skull was discovered in 1856; lived from around 500,000 years ago to around 30,000 years ago		Neanderthal Man
People of the central Nile valley (southern Egypt and northern Sudan)		Nubians
Steep-sided ravine in the Tanzanian part of the Great Rift Valley, where the German geologist Hans Reck found early human remains in 1913, and the British husband and wife team of Louis and Mary Leakey later found conclusive evidence that man originated in Africa		Olduvai Gorge
Ancestor of man, found in China in the 1920s		Peking Man
Tagalog: people and language native to the		Philippines
"Discovered" in Sussex, 1912; claimed to be the "missing link" between man and the apes; proved in 1953 to be a forgery		Piltdown Man
Spanish word for a town, village or people, used by early Spanish explorers to refer to Native American settlements or buildings that were permanent, as opposed to nomadic		Pueblo
The native people of the Andean regions of South America – including the Inca and their descendants – and their language		Quechua (ketch–wa)
The people of Lapland, formerly known as Lapps		Sami
74% of the population of Sri Lanka (opposed by the Tamil Tigers) is		Sinhalese
Watusi or Batusi, from Burundi: the world’s		Tallest people
Largest ethnic minority in Sri Lanka		Tamils
Lake in Kenya, formerly known as Lake Rudolf, where Richard Leakey made many important discoveries of early human remains, including a skull believed to be approximately 1.9 million years old		Lake Turkana
Ethnic group supported by Belgian colonialists in Rwanda, but victimised by the Hutus who seized power after the end of colonial rule – particularly in the "genocide" of 1994		Tutsi
French–speaking native of Belgium		Walloon
Principal tribe of Natal, which is their principal homeland		Zulus

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