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physical anthropology
the traditional term for biological anthropology
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SPECIES
a group of organisms that can produce fertile offsprings among themselves but NOT with other members of other groups
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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOOGY
The subfield of anthropology that focuses on human culture behavior and cultural systems and the variation in culture expressions among human group
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CULTURE
ideas and behavior that are learned and transmitted. NON genetic means of adaptation.
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linguistic anthropology
the subfield of anthropology that describes the characteristics of human language and studies the relationships between languages and the culture that speak them.
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archeology
the subfield of anthropology that studies the human cultural past and reconstructs past cultural systems.
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artifacts
any object that has consciously manufactured
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HOLISTIC
ASSUMING AN INTERRELATIONSHIP AMONG THE PARTS OF A SUBJECT.
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BIOCULTURE
FOCUSING ON THE INTERACTION OF BIOLOGY AND CULTURE
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CULTURE RELATIVITY
STUDY ANOTHER CULTURE FROM ITS POINT OF VIEW WITHOUT IMPOSING OUR OWN CULTURAL VALUES
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SCIENCE
THE METHOD OF INQUIRY THAT REQUIRES THE GENGERATION, TESTING AND ACCEPTANCE OF REJECTION OF HYPOTHESIS.
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ANTHROPOLOGY
THE HOLISTIC, SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HUMAN KIND
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
THE PROFCESS OF CONDUCTING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
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HYPOTHESIS
A PROPOSED EXPLANATION FOR A NATURAL PHENOMENON
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INDUCTION
THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A GENERAL EXPLANTION FROM SPECIFIC OBSERVATION
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DEDUCTION
SUGGESTING SPECIFIC DATA THAT WOULD BE FOUND IF A HYPOSESIS WERE TRUE.
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THEORY
A GENERAL IDEA THAT EXPLAINS A LARGE SET OF FACTUAL PATTERNS
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BELIEF SYSTEM
IDEAS THAT ARE TAKEN ON FAITH AND CANNOT BE SCIENTIFICALLY TESTED
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INDIGENOUS
NATIVE; REFERS TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH A LONG HISTORY IN A PARTICULAR AREA
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ETHNOGRAPHY
A DESCRIPTION OF A CULTURAL SYSTEM BASED ON FIELDWORK WITHIN THAT CULTURE
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PSEUDOSCIENCE
SCIENTIFICALLY TESTABLE IDEAS THAT ARE TAKEN ON FAITH WITH SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEM OR EVEN WHEN TESTED AND SHOWN TO BE FALSE.
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