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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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But they matter for both anthropology and dentistry.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

The research was led by Ariane Burke, a professor of anthropology at Université de Montréal and head of the Hominin Dispersals Research Group in Quebec.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Martha Lincoln, a medical anthropology associate professor at San Francisco State, is among those who are opposed to AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

In 2007, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Trivers, then a professor of anthropology at Rutgers University, the Crafoord Prize, a prestigious science award that is often mentioned alongside the Nobel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

He had gone on to do a how he’d also made time at Harvard to earn a PhD in anthropology.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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