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How to use the word Anthropology in a Sentence?

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I’ve talked to high school kids who are thinking about trying to become a writer and asking ‘What should I major in?’, and I tell them, ‘History. Anthropology. Something where you get to know the human species a little better, as opposed to something where you learn to arrange words.’ I don’t know whether that’s good advice or not, but it feels right to me.

– Octavia E. Butler

added by Normando
4 years ago

Without the TV series 'Bones,' I honestly do not believe that I would have developed an interest in anthropology like I did, besides the field of study, I really admired [the] 'Bones' character. She was smart, strong, independent, and had an exciting life. I wanted to be like that.

– Emily Deschanel

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Until now, the EAAF (Team of Argentine Forensic Anthropology) has not found scientific evidence to establish any link between the remains recovered in the Cocula dump and the missing students.

– The Argentine forensic report

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.

– Aleister Crowley

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Because he did not have time to read every new book in his field, the great Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski used a simple and efficient method of deciding which ones were worth his attention: Upon receiving a new book, he immediately checked the index to see if his name was cited, and how often. The more "Malinowski" the more compelling the book. No "Malinowski," and he doubted the subject of the book was anthropology at all.

– Neil Postman

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Anthropology is the only discipline that can access evidence about the entire human experience on this planet.

– Michael Brian Schiffer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.

– Alfred L. Kroeber

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together

– Clyde Kluckhohn

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

– Ruth Benedict

added by anonymous
14 years ago

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

– Wystan Hugh Auden

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Anthropology is the science which tells us that people are the same the whole world over-except when they are different.

– Nancy Banks-Smith

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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