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Subfields in AnthropologyLinguistic AnthropologyLinguistic Anthropology studies language. More broadly, it studies communication in the context of human social and cultural diversity, past and present. Linguistic Anthropology seeks to understand the social and cultural foundations of language itself, while exploring how social and cultural formations are grounded in linguistic practices. Read More and View Faculty in the Field » BioanthropologyBiological anthropology examines the adaptation, variation, and evolutionary history of humans and their relatives, living and extinct. Biological Anthropology research includes and combines aspects of biological science, with social science as human biology and other aspects of the discipline are studied in the context of human culture and behavior. Read More and View Faculty in the Field » ArchaeologyArchaeology is the study of people in the past, and the present, using material remains – the things humans “leave behind” as evidence. Much like detectives or crime scene investigators, archaeologists assemble tiny clues to build interpretive arguments. Read More and View Faculty in the Field » Social-cultural AnthropologySocial-cultural Anthropology seeks to study the diversity of human societies in time and space, while looking for commonalities across them. It values linking local and global, past and present understanding of human societies using a holistic approach. Read More and View Faculty in the Field » |
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