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Paleoanthropology and Anthropology
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cope, volume, beliefs, Neanderthals, teeth, capacity, meanings, diversity, culture, neurology, biological, relatives, animal, bony, kinship, localities, perspectives, African
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anthropology
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studies the                    of the human condition
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the past, the present, and the future
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includes biology, science, language, and               
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culture
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a system of shared                 
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used to          with surroundings and communicate with others
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subfields
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cultural anthropology
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diversity of beliefs from a cross-cultural                         
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social structure
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material culture
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archeology
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excavations
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burials
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bones
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pottery
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physical/                     anthropology
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the study of human beings as members of an              species
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we have the same                   , biology, physiology as other animals do
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osteology
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the study of the structure and function of the skeleton and          structures
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ondontology
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study of the           
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a hard substance which are usually found in skeletons
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tell us about age and diet
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forensic anthropology
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uses genetics, study of bones to learn about the scene of a crime
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human biology
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skin color
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lung             
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paleoanthropology
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the combination and a sub-discipline of
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1. paleontology
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study of life that existed prior tothe Holocene Epoch
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2. physical anthropology
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the study of the formation and the development of
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the specific characteristics of humans
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the reconstruction of evolutionary                lines in the family Hominidae
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by means of the study of
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fossils
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bone fragments
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footprints
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stone tools
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artifacts
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settlement                     
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primatology
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the study of our closes                   , the primates
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looking for clues in primates of how out ancestors survived
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molecular biology
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genetics
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indicate that the origin of homo sapiens is the                continent
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how different we are from our closest relatives such as the                         
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linguistics
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certain languages are used in cultural context that do not necessarily translate
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the                  for language
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language is how we think, communicate, and organize our               
Paleoanthropology and Anthropology