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antropología

The study of humanity - our physical characteristics as animals, and our non-biological characteristics collectively referred to as culture. The subject is traditionally broken down into four sub-disciplines: biological (physical) anthropology, cultural (social) anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.

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