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What does Cultural anthropology focus on? Focused on "exotic", non western societies




Urban Anthropology deals with issues of inner cities




Medical Anthropology explores relationship between culture and health.




Archaeology Study and interpretation of material remains recovered from earlier cultures

in order to understand past human behaviors.




What does Archaeology focus on? largely deals with the past




Linguistic study of the origin, variation, and relationships if language and language

groups among human societies




What doe linguistics focus on? The use of language is a unique human characteristic

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Biological The study of the human biology and behavior within an evolutionary context




What are 3 major criteria of anthropology? Evolutionary, Comparative, and Holistic




Evolutionary The descent with modifications of different lineages from common

ancestors, and ultimately, one common ancestor. All forms of life are related by unbroken chains

of descent.




Comparative Gaining knowledge about a topic by looking at the similarities and

difference among two or more groups, cultures, species, etc. who possesses the topic we're

interested in.




Holistic Understanding phenomena by looking at it in its entirety. Emphasizes

interrelationships.




Primate a group of mammals comprising prosimians (e.g. lemurs) monkey, apes, and

humans

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Species A group of similarly looking organisms capable of interbreeding




Evolutionary tree a diagram showing evolutionary relationships among species or groups

of species




Hominid A bipedal member of the evolutionary lineage leading to modern human. There

is one living (us) and many extinct ones.




What is the scope of biological anthropology? The study of the human biology and

behavior within an evolutionary context. The evolutionary and comparative analysis of humans

as members of the primate lineage.




What are the specializations within biological anthropology? Anthropological genetics,

human biology, paleoanthropology, primate paleontology, primatology, forensic anthropology.




Genetics The study of inherited traits




What are the primary data we gather from studying genetics? genes and chromosomes

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