Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
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Author: Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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To explain: What is means by the evolution of theory by the scientific method and how the study of evolution illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of physical
Introduction: Anthropology is the study of the human race and its evolution. The anthropology studies about the behavior of the human race from the past till present. Anthropology is divided into four branches namely, physical or biological, cultural, linguistic, and archaeology anthropology.
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