Anthropology
noun
The scientific study of humans, their society and culture.
She’s studying anthropology at university.
Often appears as...
- cultural anthropology
- physical anthropology
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Academic
noun
The study of human societies and cultures and their development.
The anthropology of the Victorian era is interesting.
Often appears as...
- anthropology department
- anthropology professor
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Academic
noun
The scientific study of humans, their society and culture.
She’s studying anthropology at university.
Often appears as...
- cultural anthropology
- physical anthropology
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The study of human societies and cultures and their development.
The anthropology of the Victorian era is interesting.
Often appears as...
- anthropology department
- anthropology professor
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Academic Field
Anthropology is a university subject covering human history, societies, and cultures.
He majored in anthropology because he's fascinated with ancient civilizations.
Pro Tip 2/3Sub-Disciplines
Anthropology includes sub-fields like social, cultural, and physical anthropology.
Her focus in anthropology is on social structures of medieval Europe.
Pro Tip 3/3Ethnographic Methods
Anthropologists often live with communities to understand their ways of life.
Doing fieldwork is crucial for anthropologists studying remote tribes.
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Filming Birds of...
this he's practiced he's tried to the point where other males will come in and have a look and go you know this is pretty good some adults will come in and go wow he's got some moves you know i should i should remember that and you know i'm being anthropomorphic but not too anthropology they really do remember what's impressive what seems to
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A New Age of Exploration...
grossly underestimate who's actually died during this process and I'll show you why I think that what I've tried to do then is say it's to say okay people are coming through they've got stories are interesting how can anthropology help us put names and faces to these migrants were coming who are coming through the desert and why is it
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Amber Case: We are all...
Now there's a reason why I study this, versus traditional anthropology. And the reason is that tool use, in the beginning -- for thousands and thousands of years, everything has been a physical modification of self. It has helped us to extend our physical selves, go faster, hit things harder, and there's been a limit on that.
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The best stats you've...
some countries accept that their databases can go out on the world but what we really need is of course a search function a search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world and what do we hear when we go around I've done anthropology on the main
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The best stats you've...
what we really need is of course a search function a search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world and what do we hear when we go around I've done anthropology on the main statistical units everyone says it's
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
Now, this evidence goes way beyond anatomy. It goes into anthropology as well. Historical records are full of accounts of people around the world who have sexual practices that should be impossible given what we have assumed about human sexual evolution.
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Hans Rosling: Debunking...
But what we really need is, of course, a search function, a search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world. And what do we hear when we go around? I've done anthropology on the main statistical units.
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
is to really remember the central revelation of anthropology, and that is the idea that the world in which we live does not exist in some absolute sense, but is just one model of reality, the consequence of one particular set of adaptive choices
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The dirty secret of...
Its theories and models are being developed and refined in universities around the world building on some of the best new research in economics, complexity theory, evolutionary theory, psychology, anthropology and other disciplines.
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Jason De León: Decoding...
I'm gonna talk today about how anthropology can help us put names faces and stories to immigration statistics in
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Filming Birds of...
this he's practiced he's tried to the point where other males will come in and have a look and go you know this is pretty good some adults will come in and go wow he's got some moves you know i should i should remember that and you know i'm being anthropomorphic but not too anthropology they really do remember what's impressive what seems to
Video examples
A New Age of Exploration...
grossly underestimate who's actually died during this process and I'll show you why I think that what I've tried to do then is say it's to say okay people are coming through they've got stories are interesting how can anthropology help us put names and faces to these migrants were coming who are coming through the desert and why is it
Video examples
Amber Case: We are all...
Now there's a reason why I study this, versus traditional anthropology. And the reason is that tool use, in the beginning -- for thousands and thousands of years, everything has been a physical modification of self. It has helped us to extend our physical selves, go faster, hit things harder, and there's been a limit on that.
Video examples
The best stats you've...
some countries accept that their databases can go out on the world but what we really need is of course a search function a search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world and what do we hear when we go around I've done anthropology on the main
Video examples
The best stats you've...
what we really need is of course a search function a search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world and what do we hear when we go around I've done anthropology on the main statistical units everyone says it's
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
Now, this evidence goes way beyond anatomy. It goes into anthropology as well. Historical records are full of accounts of people around the world who have sexual practices that should be impossible given what we have assumed about human sexual evolution.
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Debunking...
But what we really need is, of course, a search function, a search function where we can copy the data up to a searchable format and get it out in the world. And what do we hear when we go around? I've done anthropology on the main statistical units.
Video examples
Wade Davis: Cultures at...
is to really remember the central revelation of anthropology, and that is the idea that the world in which we live does not exist in some absolute sense, but is just one model of reality, the consequence of one particular set of adaptive choices
Video examples
The dirty secret of...
Its theories and models are being developed and refined in universities around the world building on some of the best new research in economics, complexity theory, evolutionary theory, psychology, anthropology and other disciplines.
Video examples
Jason De León: Decoding...
I'm gonna talk today about how anthropology can help us put names faces and stories to immigration statistics in
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Once anthropology and geology had opened up the pre-recordkeeping darkness of humanity's long, slow, sustained infancy as suitable grounds for speculation, writers began trying to imagine human existence as it must have been with only stone-age technology.
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Ferid Murad
American Scientist
The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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Franz Boas
American Scientist
I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which have helped to make anthropology what it is at the present time.
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Randy Newman
American Comedian
Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
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Donald Johanson
American Scientist
Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.
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Clifford Geertz
American Scientist
Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.
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Tess Gerritsen
American Novelist
I was an anthropology major in college, and I've had a lifelong fascination with Egyptology, mummies, and all sorts of bizarre cultural practices.
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Jane Howard
American Journalist
Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.
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Joanna Coles
American Editor
I look at my time on this earth as social anthropology, at home and in work life.
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Ruth Benedict
American Scientist
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Once anthropology and geology had opened up the pre-recordkeeping darkness of humanity's long, slow, sustained infancy as suitable grounds for speculation, writers began trying to imagine human existence as it must have been with only stone-age technology.
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Ferid Murad
American Scientist
The childhood poverty of both my parents and their minimal education did much to influence me and my two younger brothers in our education and career choices. One brother became a dentist and the other, a professor of anthropology with a Ph.D. degree.
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Franz Boas
American Scientist
I hope I may have succeeded in presenting to you, however imperfectly, the currents of thought due to the work of the immortal Darwin which have helped to make anthropology what it is at the present time.
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Randy Newman
American Comedian
Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
Quote examples
Donald Johanson
American Scientist
Commitment, belief and positive attitude are all important if you're going to be a success, whether you're in sports, in business or, as in my case, anthropology.
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Clifford Geertz
American Scientist
Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.
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Tess Gerritsen
American Novelist
I was an anthropology major in college, and I've had a lifelong fascination with Egyptology, mummies, and all sorts of bizarre cultural practices.
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Jane Howard
American Journalist
Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world.
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Joanna Coles
American Editor
I look at my time on this earth as social anthropology, at home and in work life.
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Ruth Benedict
American Scientist
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.
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