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ANTHROPOLOGY — ANTHROPOLOGY, literally an account of man, is the comparative study of human societies and cultures. Anthropology has four major subfields: archaeology , the study of past cultures through an examination of material remains; biological (physical) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Anthropology — ist eine Jazz Komposition von Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie und Joe Bishop von 1946. Das Jazz Thema Anthropology mit 32 Takten, Form AABA, basiert auf der harmonischen Basis des Jazz Standards I Got Rhythm von George Gershwin. Die überwiegend… … Deutsch Wikipedia
anthropology — anthropology, ethnology, archaeology are clearly distinguishable sciences, but they are often confused by laymen because the investigations of scholars in these fields are largely concerned with ancient or primitive races. Anthropology is a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Anthropology — An thro*pol o*gy, n. [Gr. ? man + logy.] 1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body. [1913 Webster] 2. The science of man, including the study of the ditribution of physical and cultural attributes in relation to man s origin … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anthropology — (n.) science of the natural history of man, 1590s, originally especially of the relation between physiology and psychology, from Mod.L. anthropologia or coined independently in English from ANTHROPO (Cf. anthropo ) + LOGY (Cf. logy). In Aristotle … Etymology dictionary
anthropology — [n] study of humans and their culture folklore, sociology; concept 349 … New thesaurus
anthropology — ► NOUN ▪ the study of humankind, especially the study of societies and cultures and human origins. DERIVATIVES anthropological adjective anthropologist noun. ORIGIN from Greek anthr pos human being … English terms dictionary
anthropology — [an΄thrō päl′ə jē, an΄thrəpäl′ə jē] n. [ ANTHROPO + LOGY] the study of humans, esp. of the variety, physical and cultural characteristics, distribution, customs, social relationships, etc. of humanity anthropological [an΄thrəpō läj′i kəl,… … English World dictionary
Anthropology — This article is about the social science. For other uses, see Anthropology (disambiguation). Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological an … Wikipedia
anthropology — anthropological /an threuh peuh loj i keuhl/, anthropologic, adj. anthropologically, adv. /an threuh pol euh jee/, n. 1. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs… … Universalium
anthropology — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. science of humans, study of humans, study of culture. Branches of anthropology include: anthropometry, anthropography, anthropogeography, ethnography, ethnology, demography, sociology, prehistoric anthropology, linguistics,… … English dictionary for students
