Anthropology — Tier 3 Family Indexes

Tier 3 of the Anthropology library hosts dense reference catalogs of named species, sites, cultures, and theorists — the inventory layer behind the conceptual Tier 1 / Tier 2 surveys. Where Tier 2 explains what paleoanthropology studies, Tier 3 lists which specimens and which dates.

Tier 1 status

The Tier 1 root Anthropology library index is published and links to three Tier 2 surveys:

• Biological Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology
• Archaeology Foundations

Tier 2 status

Three Tier 2 surveys complete. Future Tier 2 expansions planned: Linguistic Anthropology (currently treated under Linguistics), Medical Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Primatology, Paleopathology.

Tier 3 catalogs in this folder

• hominin-species-catalog — comprehensive catalog of every named hominin species from Sahelanthropus tchadensis (~7 Mya) to Homo sapiens, with discovery dates, key specimens, locations, brain volumes, body morphology, tool industries, and locomotion. Includes living great-ape comparisons and the sapiens-Neanderthal-Denisovan-ghost-lineage admixture map.
• kinship-systems-catalog — descent rules (patrilineal, matrilineal, bilateral, double-unilineal, ambilineal), residence rules (patrilocal, matrilocal, neolocal, avunculocal, duolocal), marriage forms (mono, polygyny, polyandry, levirate, sororate, ghost marriage, woman-woman marriage), Morgan/Murdock terminology systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha, Sudanese), descent groups, joking/avoidance, fictive kinship, plus ~20 case-study societies with ethnographer and year.
• lithic-technology-timeline — full sequence of stone-tool industries from Lomekwian (3.3 Mya) through Oldowan, Acheulean, Mousterian, the Upper Paleolithic blade traditions (Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean, Magdalenian), Mesolithic microlithics, Neolithic ground stone, and the Bronze + Iron Ages, with type sites + discoverers + Clark modes.

Planned Tier 3 additions

• archaeological-sites-catalog.md — broader sites catalog (Olduvai, Hadar, Sterkfontein, Atapuerca, Çatalhöyük, Jericho, Göbekli Tepe, Mehrgarh, Banpo, Cahokia, Chaco, Tikal) beyond the lithic timeline.
• culture-catalog.md — named ethnographic cultures (Yanomami, Trobriand, Nuer, Nayar, Mbuti, Ju|‘hoansi) with classic ethnographers — partial coverage in kinship catalog.
• theorist-catalog.md — Boas, Malinowski, Radcliffe-Brown, Mead, Lévi-Strauss, Geertz, Sahlins, Wolf, Mintz, Scott, Latour.

Adjacent

• Philosophy — Tier 3 (philosophical anthropology and human-nature claims)
• Linguistics — Tier 3 (linguistic anthropology, FOXP2)
• History — Tier 3 (deep history before written record)
• Religious Studies — Tier 3 (ritual, myth, comparative religion)
• Compendium root

Conventions

• Dates given in Ma (mega-annum) for >1 Mya, kya (kilo-years ago) for younger.
• Brain volumes in cubic centimetres (cm³); body mass in kilograms.
• Locomotion classified: arboreal / facultative biped / habitual biped / obligate biped.
• Specimen IDs use original museum/site codes (e.g. AL 288-1, KNM-WT 17000, OH 5).
• No emojis. SI units throughout.