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   History of anthropology

   Biruni developed a sophisticated methodology for his anthropological studies. ... In the mid-20th century, American anthropology began to study its own history more systematically.
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   Anthropology

   His comparative studies, most influentially in the numerous editions of The Golden Bough, analyzed similarities in religious belief and symbolism worldwide. ... Gender and sexuality became popular topics, as did the relationship between history and anthropology, influenced by Marshall Sahlins (again), who drew on Lévi-Strauss and Fernand Braudel to examine the relationship between social structure and individual agency.
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   Social anthropology

   Social anthropology is the branch of anthropology that studies how currently living human beings behave in social groups. ... (See History of anthropology.)
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   Psychological anthropology

   Psychological anthropology is a highly interdisciplinary subfield of anthropology that studies the interaction of cultural and mental processes. ... D'Andrade (1995) sees the history of cognitive anthropology proper as divisible into four phases.
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   Cultural anthropology

   It is the branch of anthropology that has developed and promoted "culture" as a meaningful scientific concept, studied cultural variation among humans, and examined the impact of global economic and political processes on local cultural realities. ... | Community studies Dual inheritance theory Ernest Gellner Human behavioral ecology Hunter-gatherers | Intangible Cultural Heritage Neuroanthropology Nomads Sociology Symbolic anthropology |
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   Biological anthropology

   Biological anthropology, or physical anthropology is a branch of anthropology that studies the mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human adaptability and variation, primatology, primate morphology, and the fossil record of human evolution. ... Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis reconstructions - Electronic articles published by the Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History.
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   Sociology of culture

   | Portal · History | ... Anthropology studies the human and usually by studying ancient civilizations they get their ideas.
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   Legal anthropology

   Legal anthropology is a sub-sub-discipline of anthropology which studies conflict management in cultures around the world.
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   Mircea Eliade

   Eliade also became acquainted with the modernist short stories of Giovanni Papini and social anthropology studies by James George Frazer. ... Eternal return and "Terror of history"
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    Philosophical anthropology

    Recently anthropology has begun to shift towards studies of inter-subjectivity and other existential/phenomenological themes. ... In his latest book, Existential Anthropology, he explores the notion of control, stating that humans anthropmorphize inanimate objects around them in order to enter into an interpersonal relationship with them.

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