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Primate
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Member of the mammalian order primates including prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans, defined by a suite of anatomical and behavioral traits.
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Evolution
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a change in frequency of a gene or a trait in a population over multiple generatins
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Biological Anthropology
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the study of humans as biological organisms considered in an evolutionary framework, sometimes called physical anthropology
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hominid
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a member of the primate family hominidae, distinguished by bipedal posture and, in more recently evolved species large brains
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adaptation
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A trait that increases the reproductive success of an organism, produced by natural selection in the context of a particular enviroment
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paleoanthropology
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the study of the fossil record of ancestral humans and their primate kin
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osteology
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the study of the skeleton
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paleopathology
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the study of disease in ancestral human populations
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forensic anthropology
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the study of human remains applied to a legal context
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primatology
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the study of the nonhuman primates and their anatomy, genetics, behaviors and ecology
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human biology
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subfield of biological anthropology dealing with human growth and development, adaptation to environmental extremes and human genetics
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Physical anthropology
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the study of humans as biological organisms, considered in an evolutionary framework
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anthropology
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the study of humkankind in a cross-cultural context. Anthropology includes the subfields cultural, linguistic. archaeology, and biological
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culture
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the sum total of learned traditions, values, and beliefs that groups of people and a few species of highly intelligent animals possess
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biocultural anthropology
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the study of the interaction between biology and culture which plays a role in most human traits
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Cultural Anthropology
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The study of human societies, especially in a cross- cultural context; the subdivision of anthropology that includes ethnology, archeology and lingustics
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ethnology
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the study of human societies, their traditions, rituals, beliefs, and the differences between societies in there traits
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ethnography
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the practice of cultural anthropology. ethnographers study the minute to minute workings of human societies, especially non-Western societies
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archaeology
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the study of the material culture of past peoples
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artifacts
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The objects, from tools to art, left by earlier generations of people
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material culture
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the objects or artifacts of past human societies.
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linguistics
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the study of language, its origins, and use; also called anthropological linguistics
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