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Physical Anthropology (Also called biological anthropology) - Answer-The subfield of anthropology that studies the biological aspects of humankind. Archaeology - Answer-The study of past cultures through the excavation of material remains. Cultural Anthropology ( Also called social anthropolo...

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Exam 1 Chapters 1-4(Anthropology)
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Physical Anthropology (Also called biological anthropology) - Answer-The subfield of
anthropology that studies the biological aspects of humankind.

Archaeology - Answer-The study of past cultures through the excavation of material
remains.

Cultural Anthropology ( Also called social anthropology and ethnology) - Answer-Is the
study of contemporary and historically recent human societies and cultures.

Linguistic Anthropology - Answer-The subfield that focuses on the interrelationship
among language and other aspect of people's culture.

Human Variation - Answer-Physical differences among human populations; an interest
of physical anthropology.

Forensic Anthropologists - Answer-Physical Anthropologists who identify and analyze
human skeletal remains.

Ethnography - Answer-A written description of the way of life of some human
population.

Globalization - Answer-The process through which diverse peoples and nations are
integrated into a single system involving flows of technology, transportation,
communications, travel, and market exchange.

Holistic Perspective - Answer-The assumption that any aspect of a culture is integrated
with other aspects, so that every aspect of culture must be understood in its total
context.

Comparative Perspective - Answer-The insistence by Anthropologists that valid
hypothesis and theories about humanity be tested with data from a wide range of
cultures.

Cultural Relativism - Answer-The notion that one should not judge the behavior of other
peoples using standard of one's own culture.

Ethnocentrism - Answer-The attitude or opinions that the morals, values, and customs
of one's own culture are superior to those of other peoples.

Culture - Answer-Shared, socially transmitted knowledge and behavior.

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