anthropology
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An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, investigated how limiting reproduction influences lifespan in mammals.
From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026
The design was inspired by ancient Mesoamerican cultures, particularly Mayan masks and artifacts resembling astronaut-like figures, which González Vargas saw at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
“The whole game is meaningless, crushing, exhausting,” said Xiang Biao, a director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
Anthropology requires a lot of field work and a lot of interviewing and I always felt awkward approaching total strangers.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
The description is from Ignacio Bernal, once director of Mexico’s famed National Museum of Anthropology.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing anthropology
Power Suffix: -ology
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