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anthropology

noun as in study of humans and their culture

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I think of it as what we call in anthropology a nativist movement, a foregrounding of the people in the land.

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And how could departments of literature, sociology or anthropology be competent given the same limitation?

"This site reveals an extraordinary story of cultural continuity," said lead author David R. Braun, a professor of anthropology at the George Washington University.

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Merril, the Dr. Frankenstein of “anthropology,” has unleashed a digital creature that doesn’t seem all that intimidating when making sarcastic quips on the computer screen.

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I feel the same way about the students at Columbia, where the elder Mamdani teachers government and anthropology.

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