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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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Co-author Tim Weaver, a UC Davis professor of anthropology who studies early human fossils, said the results shift how scientists should think about older explanations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Changes in the dominance hierarchy can fuel more aggression and tension, said Aaron Sandel, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin and study co-author.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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

"Every person alive today carries radioactive isotopes from atmospheric testing in their bones," report co-author and University of South Carolina anthropology professor Magdalena Stawkowski told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

He was thirty-five now, on the rise in both medicine and anthropology, and the author of two published books and about two dozen articles.

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




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