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anthropology

[an-thruh-pol-uh-jee] / ˌæn θrəˈpɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
study of humans and their culture
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Celia is a master's candidate at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she studies business and data reporting, and an alumna of Barnard College, where she studied anthropology and human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The research was led by Ariane Burke, a professor of anthropology at Université de Montréal and head of the Hominin Dispersals Research Group in Quebec.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Co-author Tim Weaver, a UC Davis professor of anthropology who studies early human fossils, said the results shift how scientists should think about older explanations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

Martha Lincoln, a medical anthropology associate professor at San Francisco State, is among those who are opposed to AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

It’s called participant observation, this research method of anthropology.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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