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anthropology
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the study of humankind
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primate
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member of the mammalian order primates, including prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans, defined by a suite of anatomical and behavioral traits.
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evolution
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A change in the frequency of a gene or a trait in a population over multiple generations
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biological anthropology
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(physical anthropology) study of human biology, including human variation, human evolution, human ecology and sociobiology
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hominid
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A member of the primate family hominidae, distinguished by bepedal posture and, in more recontly evolved species, large brain.
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adaptation
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a trait that increases the reproductive success of an organism, produced by natural selection in the context of a particular environment.
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anthropology
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The study of humankind in a cross-cultural context. Anthropology includes the subfields cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archeology, and biological anthropology.
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culture
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The sum total of learned traditions, values, and beliefs that groups of people (and a few species of highly intelligent animals) possess.
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biocultural anthropology
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The study of the interaction between biology and culture, which plays a role in most human traits
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cultural anthropology
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initially the study of the cultural patterns of nonwestern traditional people. Resarch focused on kinship patterns, religious beliefs, economic and political patterns, and other sorts of social relationships
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cultural relativism
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while cultures differ, they are not inferior or superior to one another based on kinship, technology, religion, political ideology, etc.
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ethnology
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The study of human soieties, their traditions, rituals, beliefs, and the differences between societies in these traits.
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ethnography
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The practice of cultural anthropology. Ethnographers study the minute-to-minute workings of human societies, especially non-western societies
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linguistic anthropology
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study of people by studying their language - overlaps closely with cultural and biological anthropology and archeology
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archeology
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the study of past human culture by the analysis of cultural remains
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artifacts
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The objects, from tools to art, left by earlier generations of peoples.
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material culture
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The objects or artifacts of past human societies.
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paleoanthropology
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The study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and their
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paleopathology
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The study of diseases in ancestral human populations.
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osteology
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The study of the skeleton
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paleontology
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study of past life. fossils are a primary data base
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forensic anthropology
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The study of human remains applied to a legal context.
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primatology
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The study of the nonhuman primates and their anatomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology.
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human biology
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subfield of biological anthropology dealing with human growth and development, adaptation to environmental extremes, and human genetics.
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uniformitarianism
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natural processes shape the face of the earth
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