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Anthropology
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The holistic and integrative scientific and humanistic study of human species.
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Applied Anthropology
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The application of anthropology to the solution of human problems.
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Cultural Anthropology
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The study of human social organization, patterns of behavior, and culture, such as symbols, rituals, and ideologies (patterns of behavior.
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Culture
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Non-genetic (extra somatic) means of adaptation;learned, transmittable information and behavior that employs the use of symbols, such as words; cultural behavior is the main way by which humans adapt to their environments.
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Archaeology
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The branch of anthropology that focuses on the reconstruction of past cultures and on cultural change over time.
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Bioanthropology
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The branch of anthropology that focuses on humans as a biological species and their evolution; it includes osteotomy, nutrition, demography, human variation, epidemiology, paleoanthropology and primatology.
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