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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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In Tennessee, anthropology professor Tamar Shirinian was suspended and later fired for a Facebook comment saying "the world is better off" without Kirk.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Fields like anthropology, mathematics and even philosophy can foster critical thinking and adaptability—skills that AI can’t easily replicate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The project is co-directed by W. Scott McGraw, professor and chair of anthropology at Ohio State and senior author of the study.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

"People are making behavioral inferences from fossils, and some say a monkey can't vertically climb as well as an ape can," said first study author Luke Fannin, assistant professor of anthropology at Ohio State.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Hrdlicka regarded himself as the conscience of physical anthropology and made it his business to set boundaries.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

They are anthropologies of populism, cautionary tales from history, blueprints for blunting revanchism’s appeal.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2016

The logical result of such a position is a radical moral relativism vis-à-vis various cultural anthropologies.

From New York Times ● May 29, 2011


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