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1. Applied anthropology
The application of anthropological data, perspectives, theory, and methods to identify, assess, and solve
contemporary social problems.
2. Comparative
Based on or using comparisons of different elements or types of things in the investigation of something.
3. Biological anthropology
The study of human biological variation in time and space; includes evolution, genetics, growth and
development, and primatology.
4. Cultural anthropology
The study of human society and culture; describes, analyzes, interprets, and explains social and cultural
similarities and differences.
5. Academic anthropology
Anthropologist who teach and research at colleges and universities (Ivory tower anthropologists).
6. Holistic
Interested in the whole of the human condition: past, present and future; biology, society, language, and
culture.
7. Anthropology
The study of human diversity through time and space.
8. Archaeological anthropology
The study of human behavior and cultural patterns and processes through the cultures material remains.
9. Linguistic anthropology
The descriptive, comparative, and historical study of language and of linguistic similarities and differences
in time, space, and society.
10. Ethnography
In cultural anthropology the fieldwork in a particular culture.
11. AAA Code of Ethics
Provides ethical guidelines for anthropologists but lacks the authority to punish misconduct.
12. The primary ethical obligation of anthropologists
The people/artifacts/primates they study
13. Ethnology
Cross-cultural comparison; the comparative study of ethnographic data, society and culture.
14. Cultural consultants
Subjects in ethnographic research
15. Survey research
Characteristic research procedure among social scientists other than anthropologists.