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What are the 4 subfields of anthropology?
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Biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistic anthropology, and cultural anthropology
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What is biological anthropology?
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The study of the evolution of humanity and biological adaptations.
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What is archaeology?
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The study of remains of past human cultures; practice excavation.
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What is linguistic anthropology?
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The study of languages or the relationship between language and culture.
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What is cultural anthropology?
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The study of human cultural patterns
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What is methodology?
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Logic of inquiry; how anthropologists get information; the techniques they use
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What is the most distinctive aspect of humans?
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Change
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What is cultural evolution?
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Increased complexity, size of population, and transformation of matter and energy
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What event caused the beginning of the rapid increase in cultural evolution?
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The Neolithic Revolution
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What is holism?
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Inclusiveness/biocultural
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What is the ethnographic present?
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A description of culture at a certain point in time- treat pictures as legitimate samples of culture at time carried out- use past studies as if present/current.
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What is cultural relativism?
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Trying to analyze and describe cultures on their own terms, the act of being unbiased and not judging.
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What is ethnocentrism?
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Seeing things in terms of own cultural standards or beliefs.
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What is adaptation?
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How humans adjust themselves to living in a specific environment.
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What is evolution?
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Trends or changes over time
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