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physical anthropology

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anthro concerned with human biology and evolution

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cultural anthropology

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study of learned patterns of behavior and knowledge characteristics of society and of how they vary

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archeology

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study of the past and current cultures through the analysis of artifacts and the context in which they are found

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linguistic anthropology

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devoted to applying anthropological theory to practical problems

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empirical

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received through the senses, either directly or through extensions of senses

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spontaneous generation

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an old and incorrect idea that complex life-forms could be spontaneously created from non-living material

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immutable

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unchanging

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Charles Lyell

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Principles of Geology

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uniformitarianism

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development of a credible evolutionary theory, physical forces such as wind, heat, cold, moving water, volcanism, and earthquakes

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strata

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layers of the earth, sedimentary rock

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Charles Darwin

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natural selection and evolution

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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outlined the concept of natural selection (around same time as Darwin) sent him his papers. joint presentation

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creation-science

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scientific evidence can be and has been gathered for creation as depicted in the Bible. discounted