ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Ethnoscience

Ethnoscience is like playing a game where we try to understand how different people in the world think about and categorize things like animals or plants or even colors. Just like how we have different categories for different types of fruits, like apples and oranges, people in different parts of the world have their own categories too.

For example, some people might categorize all birds together, while others might separate them based on size or color. Ethnoscience helps us understand how these categories are created and how they differ from culture to culture. That's why it's so interesting to learn about different cultures and how they see the world!