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| the study of humankind, viewed from the perspective of all people and all times |
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| the study of cultures and societies of human beings and their very recent past. Study living cultures and present their observations in an ethnography |
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| the study of past societies and their cultures, especially the material remains of the past, such as tools, food remains, and places where people lived |
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| the study of language, especially how language is structured, evolution of language, and the social contexts for language |
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| the study of human evolution and variation, both past and current |
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| same thing as physical anthropology |
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| learned behavior that is transmitted from person to person |
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| material objects from past cultures |
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| a set of written or spoken symbols that refer to things (people, places, concepts, etc) other than themselves |
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| the science of investigating language's social contexts |
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| the scientific study of the interrelationship between what humans have inherited genetically and culture |
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| the scientific examination of skeletons in hope of identifying the people whose bodies they came from |
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| a group of extinct and living bipedal primates in the family Hominidae. Includes all humanlike beings that postdate the split between the evolutionary lineage that led to modern humans (Homo) and the lineage that led to living chimpanzees (Pan) |
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| a group of mammals in the order ________ that have complex behavior, varied form of locomotion, and a unique suite of traits, including larger brains, forward-facing eyes, fingernails, and reduced snouts |
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| an upper canine that, as part of a nonhoning chewing mechanism, is not sharpened against the lower third premolar |
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| the part of culture that is expressed as objects that humans use to manipulate environments |
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| evidence gathered to help answer questions, solve problems, and fill gaps in scientific knowledge |
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| testable statements that potentially explain specific phenomena observed in the natural world |
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| an empirical research method in which data is gathered from observations of phenomena, hypotheses are formulated and tested, and conclusions are drawn that validate or modify the original hypotheses |
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| verified through observation and experiment |
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| pertaining to an organisms physical structure |
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| a set of hypotheses that have been rigorously tested as a generally accepted explanation of scientific phenomena |
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| physical shape and appearance |
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| a theory that becomes absolutely true |
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| tree-dwelling; adapted to living in the trees |
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