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theory in anthropology  

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  • As the science of humankind, anthropology strives to give a comprehensive and coherent view of our own species within material nature, organic evolution, and sociocultural development. Facts, concepts, and perspectives converge into a sweeping and detailed picture of human beings within earth history in general and the primate world in particular. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Anthropology, Theory in]

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