age-area hypothesis — ▪ anthropology in anthropology, theory holding that the age of culture traits (elements of a culture) may be determined by examining their distribution over a large geographic area. The hypothesis states that widely distributed traits are… … Universalium
age and area hypothesis — noun see age and area concept … Useful english dictionary
age and area concept — noun or age and area hypothesis : a principle of the diffusion of culture traits according to which those lying close to or at the center of distribution are considered relatively new and those lying farthest from it relatively old … Useful english dictionary
culture area — Anthropol. a region having a distinct pattern of culture. * * * ▪ anthropological concept Introduction also called cultural area, culture province , or ethno geographic area in anthropology, geography, and other social sciences, a… … Universalium
Hypothesis — A hypothesis (from Greek polytonic|ὑπόθεσις ) consists either of a suggested explanation for a phenomenon (an event that is observable) or of a reasoned proposal suggesting a possible correlation between multiple phenomena. The term derives from… … Wikipedia
Kurgan hypothesis — The Kurgan hypothesis (also theory or model) is a model of early Indo European origins, which postulates that the Kurgan culture of the Pontic steppe were the most likely speakers of the reconstructed Proto Indo European language. Though… … Wikipedia
Ice age — An ice age is a period of long term reduction in the temperature of the Earth s surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a… … Wikipedia
Anatolian hypothesis — Indo European topics Indo European languages (list) Albanian · Armenian · Baltic Celtic · Germanic · Greek Indo Iranian (Indo Aryan, Iranian) Italic … Wikipedia
OPV AIDS hypothesis — Main articles: AIDS origin and AIDS origins opposed to scientific consensus The oral polio vaccine (OPV) AIDS hypothesis argues that the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures and then… … Wikipedia
Knudson hypothesis — The Knudson hypothesis is the hypothesis that cancer is the result of accumulated mutations to a cell s DNA. It was first proposed by Carl O. Nordling in 1953,[1][2] and later formulated by Alfred G. Knudson in 1971.[3] Knudson s work led… … Wikipedia
