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What kind of research might be undertaken cooperatively by a linguistic anthropologist and an archaeologist?

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Primatology, the study of nonhuman primates, is a specialization within biological anthropology that contributes to our knowledge of human evolution.

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Applied research in anthropology involves using the research methods and findings developed in basic research to solve human problems and fulfill the perceived needs of various societies.

The material products of former societies are known as __________.

The study of past cultures and lifestyles is the goal of __________.

Scientists hope to uncover universals of cultural behavior through the Genographic Project.

Even in the nineteenth century, anthropologists were aware of the dangers of ethnocentric beliefs and carefully promoted objective interpretations of other societies.

Archaeologists spend more time digging up garbage than digging up treasure.

The scientific method is a logical system used to evaluate data derived from systematic observation.

When a scientist begins with a general theory from which testable hypotheses are developed, he or she is said to be using the __________ method.

Describe a hypothesis that might be formulated by an archaeologist and how the scientific method would be applied in its investigation.

Anthropology, a scientific discipline, has no relationship with history, a humanistic discipline.

You are talking with a friend who asks, "Why would anyone want to study anthropology? What practical benefits will be gained from taking a course in anthropology?" How would you answer your friend's question?

Aerial photographs have revealed the existence of a previously unknown group of people living in the Amazon rainforest. What are some of the questions about them that anthropologists would want to investigate? Include the perspectives of two subfields in your answer.

Because of the methods they use, anthropologists avoid interpreting their research results from a global perspective.

From reading the short biographies of Kelley Hays-Gilpin, Bonnie Urciuoli, and Scott Atran, what have you learned about how anthropologists become specialists in certain topics?

Cultural anthropologists, unlike sociologists, do not use statistics to analyze social behavior.

A study of the garbage that people throw away may reveal more about their lifestyles than surveys and interviews because __________.

Research on artifacts found in the remains of slave quarters at an eighteenth-century tobacco plantation in Virginia is an example of __________.

Most academic anthropologists work in departments of anthropology. What are the other university departments that might have anthropologists on their faculties, and why?