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  2. anthropology, “the science of humanity,” which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species.

  3. Cultural anthropology | Definition, Examples, Topics, History, &...

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    cultural anthropology, a major division of anthropology that deals with the study of culture in all of its aspects and that uses the methods, concepts, and data of archaeology, ethnography and ethnology, folklore, and linguistics in its descriptions and analyses of the diverse peoples of the world.

  4. anthropology, The “science of humanity.” Anthropologists study human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species.

  5. Anthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior | Britannica

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    Anthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior: A distinctive “social” or “cultural” anthropology emerged in the 1920s. It was associated with the social sciences and linguistics, rather than with human biology and archaeology.

  6. Anthropology Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    ANTHROPOLOGY meaning: the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures.

  7. anthropology - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    Anthropology is the study of human beings and their cultures, from prehistoric times to today. The people who practice anthropology are called anthropologists. Anthropologists often compare different human communities. They try to determine their similarities and differences.

  8. Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology | Britannica

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    Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology: Cultural anthropology is that major division of anthropology that explains culture in its many aspects. It is anchored in the collection, analysis, and explanation (or interpretation) of the primary data of extended ethnographic field research.

  9. anthropology - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    The science of the origins and development of human beings and their cultures is called anthropology. The word anthropology is derived from two Greek words: anthropos meaning “man” or “human” and logos, meaning “thought” or “reason.”. Anthropologists investigate the whole range of human development and behavior, including ...

  10. Physical anthropology | Human Evolution, Genetics & Adaptation -...

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    Physical anthropology, branch of anthropology concerned with the origin, evolution, and diversity of people. Physical anthropologists work broadly on three major sets of problems: human and nonhuman primate evolution, human variation and its significance (see also race), and the biological bases of.

  11. Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology | Britannica

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    Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology: The modern discourse of anthropology crystallized in the 1860s, fired by advances in biology, philology, and prehistoric archaeology. In The Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin affirmed that all forms of life share a common ancestry.