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Anthropology
Study of human species and it's immediate ancestors
What is anthropology? (Description)
Uniquely comparative and holistic: temporal (over time) and spatial (different places) study of whole human condition
Adaption
process by which organisms cope with environmental changes and hazards
General anthropology
U.S. academic discipline of anthropology, aka "four field" anthropology
What are the four fields of anthro?
1)sociocultural (cultural anthropolgy)
2) Archaeological
3) biological
4) linguistic