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Definition of anthropology
1 : the science of human beings especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture
2 : theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of human beings
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Tracy Kivell, a biological anthropology professor at Kent, said the team’s findings could explain why other primates are able to crack nuts without the benefit of a human-like hand. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "Did the Human Hand Evolve as a Lean Mean Bone-Smashing Machine?," 13 July 2018 Erin Kimmerle, a University of South Florida anthropology professor who worked with Straley to locate the remains of Dozier boys, said, though, that Straley's mission remains largely unfulfilled. — Carol Marbin Miller, miamiherald, "A victim of vile abuse at Florida reform school, he spent his life fighting for justice," 10 July 2018 Many of us felt this honor was long overdue, given his international prominence as a French intellectual whose works had crossed the boundaries of literature, history, psychology, sociology, anthropology and religion. — Marilyn Yalom, WSJ, "‘Evolution of Desire’ Review: Who Was René Girard?," 1 June 2018 DiGangi, an assistant professor of anthropology at Binghampton University, also noted that the remains in question did not show injuries consistent with those sustained by Corbin during battle. — Cristina Corbin, Fox News, "Where is Margaret Corbin? Hunt on for Revolutionary War hero's grave," 5 July 2018 One of her creations was the Smith Project on Women and Social Change, bringing together faculty members from areas ranging from anthropology to literature and economics. — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, "Jill Ker Conway Took on the Old Guard as the First Woman President of Smith College," 8 June 2018 The action also challenges the CIA’s denial of records relating to UCLA anthropology professor Philippe Bourgois, who survived a massacre allegedly led by Ochoa Pérez in 1981 in Santa Cruz, El Salvador. — Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, "UW settles suit against CIA over data on Salvadoran Army officer," 30 May 2018 The lecture mixed neurological theory and armchair anthropology, and ranged over subjects including premonitions, telepathy, hypnotism, hallucinations, and epileptic and migrainous aura. — Katherine Foxhall, Smithsonian, "No, Getting a Hole Drilled in Your Head Was Never a Migraine Cure," 6 Mar. 2018 The ship would have been around 100 feet long on the deck, according to John Bratten, the chair of the anthropology department at the university. — Sydney Pereira, Newsweek, "Sunken Slave Ship Discovered Off Alabama Coast Was Likely Last to Bring Africans to U.S. Against Their Will," 24 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anthropology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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English Language Learners Definition of anthropology
: the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures
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Kids Definition of anthropology
: a science that studies people and especially their history, development, distribution and culture
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Medical Definition of anthropology
: the science of humans especially : the study of humans in relation to distribution, origin, classification, and relationship of races, physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture
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