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| Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present. Anthropology examines the evolutionary history of all human kind: its global cultural manifestations and its patterns of social organization. The discipline of anthropology is considered a social science; however, anthropologists draw upon information and techniques from a broad range of humanities including, social sciences, natural sciences, and physical sciences, in their studies of humankind. |
| Traditionally, Anthropology has been divided into four subfields: |
| 1 – Social and Cultural anthropology |
- Social and cultural anthropology examines cultural diversity around the world
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| 2 – Biological and Medical Anthropology |
- Biological anthropology is the study of humans as biological organisms, considered in an evolutionary framework.
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- Biomedical anthropology is the study of how human cultural practices influence the spread of infectious diseases, including the long-term evolutionary consequences of disease on human populations, and the effects of urbanized lifestyle on people who have lived until recently under more traditional conditions.
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| 3 - Archaeological Anthropology |
- Archaeology is the study of the human past through the materials left behind by people.
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| 4 – Linguistic Anthropology |
| The Anthropology Department of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, offers its students a rich education in the first three of these sub-fields. |
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