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1. name and describe the 4 subdisciplines of anthropology. The four subfields of anthropology are -Cultural anthropology: Cultural anthropology deals with the development and history of human cultu... re. One of the things that cultural anthropologists do is study different cultural groups that have unique identities, views of reality, and values that are very different from the anthropologists. All over the world people in different cultures experience a different way of life through learned experiences. -Archaeology: Archaeology can be defined as the study and interpretation of past societies and cultures from the earlier times on earth to the present day. Archaeologists study the behaviour of past cultures by collecting and studying the cultural remains of people in the past. This is done by excavating sites created by humans in the past and then the cultural remains are analyzed to understand the past which can be challenging for archaeologists because the remains are sometimes hard to study. -Physical (biological) anthropology: Physical, or biological, anthropology focuses on the study of biological aspects of human beings, past and present. Physical anthropology is a biological science and the importance of this subdiscipline in anthropology, is the contribution to the holistic biological understanding of humans. Physical anthropologists focus on both the biological nature of, as well as the evolution of humans over time. -Linguistic anthropology: Linguistics is the study of language. And linguistics is classified as a subdiscipline of anthropology, The task of linguists is to try to understand the structure and/or rules of a language. The different grammar systems and different ways of producing sounds as a way to understand the language, is a tool for insight on cultural behaviour. -Applied anthropology: the use of anthropological knowledge to help solve social problems [Show More]

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