Hey everyone! For my first post, I'll be talking a bit about biological (physical) anthropology and what it exactly has to do with us. Let's backtrack a bit before we go into that, though. What exactly is anthropology? It's the study of human behavior, culture, biology, and societies. It revolves much around past human species and evolution, and how and why we evolved. There are four main branches of anthropology: cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeology. I'll do a quick description of each category. Cultural anthropology is the study of cultural variation around the globe, biological anthropology studies the behavioral and biological aspect of humans, linguistic is concerned with human language and how it influences(ed) our social life. Last but not least, archaeology studies humankind from the past to the present. For reference, I'll mostly be focusing on biological anthropology in this blog. So what exactly is biological anthropology? I summarized it abo...
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