antropología

antropología

The study of humanity - our physical characteristics as animals, and our unique non-biological characteristics we call culture. The subject is generally broken down into four subdisciplines: biological (physical) anthropology, cultural (social) anthropology, archaeology and linguistic anthropology.

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