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anthropology

[an-thruh-pol-uh-jee] / ˌæn θrəˈpɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
study of humans and their culture
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Dr Lauren McIntyre, of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, said auction sales such as the one that had been planned for Glasgow were unacceptable.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

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

There also will be an exhibition by Annie Leibovitz at the National Museum of Anthropology.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 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 tells us and archaeology implies that our uncivilised ancestors could be red in tooth and claw; psychoanalysis seeks to persuade us that the savage in all of us lurks not far below the skin.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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