Anthropology

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'''Anthropology''' is a science<ref name="britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/science/anthropology "Anthropology"] - ''Britannica Encyclopedia''</ref>{{efn|Although some aspects of it more closely resemble the humanities than the sciences proper.<ref name="britannica"/>}} that studies [[human]] [[culture]] and [[society]]. Anthropologists tend to divide their subject into four sub-disciplines: 
* biological or physical anthropology, a subset that focuses on [[genetics]] and [[evolution]], the [[fossil record]], [[biodiversity]] and [[primate|primatology]] 
* cultural or sociocultural anthropology, which explores variation in customs across cultures 
* linguistic anthropology, the study of the evolution of language, descriptive [[linguistics]] and ethnosemantics
* [[archaeology]] (usually considered part of anthropology)

Some ([[academic]]) sources also identify the sub-disciplines of nautical anthropology and [[Medicine|medical]] anthropology.

Anthropology is utilized in [[biblical criticism]].  It is [[branches of science you have to ignore to believe in young Earth creationism|something you have to ignore to believe in young Earth creationism]].

==Career opportunities==
Anthropologists work in universities, museums, [[government]] agencies, social services, private businesses and corporations, community and service and world organizations, independent research institutes, nonprofit associations, and the [[media]].

Anthropologists work to build research partnerships, assess product markets, evaluate programs and services, develop new [[education]]al programs, and improve community health.  They are health practitioners, forensic investigators, public policy experts, international business executives, and
community, [[Economics|economic]], and organizational development specialists.  They address issues of information technology systems, housing, [[social justice]], law, environmental and cultural resource
management, and the [[art]]s.  They investigate social networks, migration, architecture, and civil institutions.

Anthropologists' awareness of human-environment interaction helps us understand the effects of [[climate change]], sustainability, conservation, preservation, [[Origin of life|human origin]], the past and current spread and treatment of infectious disease, and [[globalization]].

==Noted anthropologists==
*[[Franz Boas]]--father of American anthropology. The four-field approach dates from his work. Philosophy of learning all aspects of being [[human]]; human societies are best understood from many angles; combine with scientific methods. Professor at Columbia  U. and trained the first generation of well-known anthropologists.
*Aleš Hrdlicka--Worked for the U.S. Museum of Natural History, was interested on the shape of the skull. First to come up with the idea that humans in the Americas came from Asia and crossed the Bering Strait. Started the ''American Journal of Physical Anthropology'' (1918); founded the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (1929)
* C. Loring Brace, John Cole, Laurie Godfrey, and Alice Kehoe—contributors to [[Scientists Confront Creationism]]
* [[Eugenie Scott]]--[[author]], lecturer, and executive director of the [[National Center for Science Education]]
* Richard Leakey--studied early [[hominid]]s
* Donald Johanson--discovered the [[Australopithecus|Lucy]] skeleton
* Loren Eiseley--[[List of quotes out of context#Eiseley on science creating a mythology|misquoted]] by [[Creationism|creationists]]
* David Begun--paleoanthropologist, does not believe [[Darwinius masillae]] was a direct human ancestor
* David Daegling--does not believe in [[Bigfoot]]
* Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen--studied the [[Dogon people]] of [[Africa]]
* Neil Huber--physical anthropologist and [[CMI list of scientists alive today who accept the biblical account of creation|creationist]]
* Henry Fairfield Osborne--[[Kent Hovind]] is [[Kent Hovind's doctoral dissertation|not a fan]]
* Stanislav Drobyshevsky-- anthropology-populariser
* Kathy Reichs--created the "Bones" television and novel series; one out of 82 certified anthropologists by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA).

==Related fields==
Anthropology draws on knowledge from the social and biological sciences, humanities, and physical sciences, including the following:
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* [[Archeology]]
* [[Linguistics]]
* [[Palaeontology]]
* Primatology
* Bioarcheology
* [[Molecular biology|Molecular]], population, and [[evolutionary biology]]
* [[Genetics]]
* [[Social science]]
** [[Sociology]]
* [[Psychology]]
* Anatomy
* Osteology
* [[Medicine]]
* Nutrition
* Pathology
* Forensics
* [[Ecology]]
* Demography
* [[Geology]]
* Materials science
* Surveying
* Agriculture
* Computer science
* [[Economics]]
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==See also==
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* [[Hominid]]
* [[Primate]]
* [[Biology]]
* [[Environmentalism]]
* [[Cultural relativism]]
* [[Secular religions]]
* [[Religion]]
* [[Mythology]]
* [[Folklore]]
* [[History]]
* [[Race]]
* [[Racism]]
* [[Human sexuality]]
* [[Marriage]]
* [[Altruism]]
* [[Death]]
* [[Cannibalism]]
* [[Honor killings]]
* [[Cargo cult]]
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==Notes==
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==References==
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Categories: Anthropology