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The two massive totem poles from British Columbia, installed in 1968, speak, in a deep, fiercely carved brown, of the museum’s interest in anthropology. — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, "With a skeleton and megaplanters, the Field Museum fleshes out its main hall," 26 June 2018 Prince Charles, however, was the first heir to the throne to get a university degree, studying archaeology and anthropology before switching to history at Trinity College Cambridge. — Marcia Moody, Town & Country, "Here's What Prince George and Princess Charlotte's Royal Education Will Entail," 26 Aug. 2018 An answer has emerged from an exciting new field of science: forensic anthropology. — Mike Fillon, Popular Mechanics, "The Real Face Of Jesus," 23 Jan. 2015 There is significant evidence from evolutionary anthropology and developmental psychology that old and young are built for each other. — Marc Freedman, WSJ, "Building Bridges Across the Generational Divide," 1 Nov. 2018 Of all her students, the one who seemed to benefit most from Olivia was a round-faced blond sophomore in college with whom Jackie worked on essays for English, art history, and anthropology. — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, "Algren Award finalist: "Olivia" by Sophia Veltfort," 2 June 2018 Black Panther’s Marvelization of black history and anthropology is pathetic, and the Marvelizing of black imagination is appalling. — Armond White, National Review, "Black Panther’s Circle of Hype," 16 Feb. 2018 The remains were originally sent to the Nevada State Museum, according to The Associated Press and Elko Daily Free Press, and were eventually transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas anthropology department. — NBC News, "Remains exhumed from forgotten Chinese cemetery reburied after two decades," 4 July 2018 Memorial donations can be made to the Harold L. Dibble Mini-Me Fund at the Paleoanthropology Society and to Penn’s anthropology department. — Avalon R. Zoppo, Philly.com, "Harold L. Dibble, 66, Penn archaeologist who led discovery of 'world's oldest child'," 21 June 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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