Folk Biological Classification is a systematic framework within folk taxonomy that organizes living organisms into culturally specific, hierarchical categories based on observable traits and traditional ecological knowledge, distinguishing it from scientific biological classification by its reliance on vernacular categorization and indigenous cognitive systems.
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The Utilitarian Factor in Folk Biological Classification
Eugene S. Hunn · American Anthropologist · 1982 · 495 citations
Life Sciences, Anthropology, Biology +16
Cognitive Foundations of Natural History: Towards an Anthropology of Science.
Scott Atran · Man · 1992 · 415 citations
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University of Washington
Seattle, United States
6 h-index
6 publications
782 citations
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, United States
4 h-index
8 publications
472 citations
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
4 h-index
4 publications
1.2K citations
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, United States
3 h-index
3 publications
1.1K citations
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
3 h-index
6 publications
1.4K citations
Institut Jean Nicod
Paris, France
3 h-index
4 publications
938 citations
Rhode Island College
Providence, United States
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3 publications
302 citations
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
3 h-index
3 publications
299 citations
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- American Anthropologist
10 publications · 2.1K citations
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- American Ethnologist
AE · 8 publications · 439 citations
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- Current Anthropology
CA · 3 publications · 183 citations
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- Journal of Ethnobiology
3 publications · 57 citations
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- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
3 publications · 110 citations
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