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Chapter 1: What Is Physical Anthropology?

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• CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY?
• BIG QUESTIONS
• What Is Anthropology?
• What Is Physical Anthropology?
• What Do Physical Anthropologists Do?
• HOW DO WE KNOW?: Franz Boas Invents Anthropology, American Style
• ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS: Forensic Anthropologists and 9/11
• What Is So Different about Humans from Other Animals?: The Six Steps to Humanness
• How We Know What We Know: The Scientific Method
• ANSWERING THE BIG QUESTIONS
• Key Terms
• Additional Readings

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