Anthropology Flashcards
1
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What is Anthropology?
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- The study of humankind
- Lives and cultures of human beings
- Includes human biology, human evolution, human cultures and human adaptations
2
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Areas of Interest: PHYSICAL
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- How human beings are similar and different from other species
- How humans developed biologically over time
- Primatology
- Paleoanthropology
- Archaeology (Prehistoric, historic)
- Forensic Anthropology
- Human Variation
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Areas of Interest: CULTURAL
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How culture shaped the way people lived in the past and how they live in the world today
- Archaeology
- Ethnology
- Linguistic Anthropology
