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5. Describe the main subfields of modern anthropology.

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Answer 1

Anthropology is the study of past and present lifestyle of humans, which is further divided in to different subfields 1. Biological Anthropology deals with the evolution of the human body, mind and behavior as inferred through study of fossils and comparisons with behavior and anatomy of other primate species 2. Linguistic Anthropology explores the structure and diversity of language and related 3. Archaeology examines our past ways of life through the interpretation of material 4. Applied Anthropology emphasizes how the methods, techniques and theories of human communication svstems culture, oral traditions, written records and organic remains anthropology can be employed to facilitate stability or change and solve problems in real world situations Cultural Anthropology examines the diversity of existing human ways of life, how they work, how they change, and how they interrelate in the modem world 5.