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anthropology
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......part of them and often employs their techniques. Anthropology is divided primarily into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology. Physical anthropology focuses basically on the problems of human evolution, including human paleontology and......
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Boas, Franz
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......Boas greatly influenced American anthropology, particularly in his development...field in the wider discipline of anthropology in the United States. Boas reexamined the premises of physical anthropology and was a pioneer in the application......
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Hrdlička, Aleš
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......organize the division of physical anthropology at the U.S. National Museum...founded the American Journal of Physical Anthropology (1918), which he edited...reputation. His books include Physical Anthropology (1919), Anthropometry......
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Hooten, Earnest Albert
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......teaching at Harvard in 1913 and became professor of anthropology in 1930, a post he held until his death. Hooten...are Normal (1945), and with collaborators, The Physical Anthropology of Ireland (1955)....
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teeth
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......use of fluoride toothpastes also help prevent caries. In the study of fossil remains done in paleontology and physical anthropology, teeth are the most frequently found remains, a testament to their high mineral content and resistance to deterioration......
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Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich
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......varietate nativa (1775; tr. On the Natural Varieties of Mankind, 1865, repr. 1969) marked the beginnings of physical anthropology and described the five divisions of mankind which have been the basis of all subsequent racial classifications. Blumenbach......
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skull
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......of humans and their precursors has made important contributions to evolutionary theory, and to the science of physical anthropology. Earlier skulls of human ancestors, for instance, have been shown to have markedly smaller cranial capacities......
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phrenology
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......Lorenzo Fowler through their publication the Phrenological Almanac and other publications. Modern neurology and physical anthropology have refuted the theory and consider its use a form of quackery....
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Pliny the Elder
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......Historia naturalis). It is divided into 37 books and, after a preface, deals with the nature of the physical universe; geography; anthropology; zoology; botany, including the medicinal uses of plants; curatives derived from the animal world......
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Oxford, University of
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......studies, Slavonic and East European Studies, mathematics, physical sciences, biological sciences, physiological sciences...music, fine arts, archaeology and the history of art, and anthropology and geography.Instruction at Oxford is by lectures and the......