Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Human VariationAnthropological Approaches to the Study of Human VariationAnthropology in north America traditionally divided into four subfields- Biological (or physical) anthropologyo Study of humans as biological organisms, but with interest in the interaction between biology and culture (biocultural approach) Specialties- Paleoanthropology (evolution), molecular anthropology (genetics), paleodemography, biomechanics, and primatology, among others Examples of applied work- Forensic anthropology, medical anthropology, nutritional anthropology- Sociocultural Anthropologyo Study of human thought and practices in the context of contemporary or historical cultural settings Specialties- Virtually limitless options within two main components: ethnography and ethnology- Linguistic Anthropologyo Study of human language: its origins, history, structure, and social and cultural variations in its use Specialties- Structural linguistics, historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, sociolinguistics Examples of applied work- Language documentation, language revitalization, cultural translation, legal mediation- Anthropological Archaeologyo Study of human cultures through the analysis of material remains Historical archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, experimental archaeology, and bioarchaeology Classical archaeology is a separate field, house often in departments of Classics or
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