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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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Brenna Henn, professor of anthropology and the Genome Center at UC Davis and corresponding author of the study, said the uncertainty comes from gaps in both fossils and ancient DNA.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 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

But before that she was a cultural anthropology major and Fulbright scholar who studied cultural identity among second-generation North African women in France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"That's where my anthropology class is. It's probably my favorite."

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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