Anthropology - Cultural, Archaeological, Biological

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Introduction
Overview
History of anthropology
- Fieldwork
- Social and cultural anthropology
- American anthropology since the 1950s
- European anthropology since the 1950s
The major branches of anthropology
- Cultural anthropology
  - American cultural anthropology
  - French theoretical contributions
  - The configurational approach
  - Cultural change and adaptation
  - Culture and the humanities
- Social anthropology
- Linguistic anthropology
- Psychological anthropology
- Archaeology
- Physical anthropology
  - Paleoanthropology
  - Primatology
  - Genetics
  - Human ecology
  - Bioarchaeology
  - Growth and development
  - Anthropometry
  - Forensics
World anthropology
- Anthropology in Africa
- Anthropology in Asia
- Anthropology in Europe
- Anthropology in Latin America
Special fields of anthropology
- The anthropological study of religion
- Museum-based study
- The anthropological study of education
- The study of ethnicity, minority groups, and identity
- Urban anthropology
- National and transnational studies
- The study of gender
- Political and legal anthropology
- Medical anthropology
- The anthropology of food, nutrition, and agriculture
- Environmental and ecological studies in anthropology
- Development anthropology
- Applied anthropology
- Visual anthropology
- Ethnomusicology

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