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Anthropology |
The study of human The study of humanity including prehistoric origin and contemporary human diversity. |
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Biological/physical anthropology |
The study of humans as a biological organisms including their evolution and contemporary variation. Primatology Paleoanthropology Contemporary human biological variation |
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Archaeology |
The study of past human cultures through their material |
Two major areas prehistoric historical |
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Linguistic anthropology |
The study of communication mainly but not exclusively among humans Historical linguistics: the study of language change over time and how languages are related Descriptive or structural linguistics: study of how contemporary languages differ in terms of their formal structures Sociolinguistics: study of the relationships among social variation, social context, and linguistic variation including nonverbal communication |
Trend use of every day language Role of information technology Rapid loss of indigenous languages |
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Cultural anthropology |
The study of contemporary people and their cultures |
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