Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each field to the evidence it treats as its home ground.
- Cultural anthropology
- Biological anthropology
- Archaeology
- Linguistic anthropology
- What living people say and do
- Objects and layers left behind
- Bones, fossils, and genomes
- Speech and grammar in use
Hints
- Each field reads a different archive of the same species.
- One works with material remains rather than living informants.
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- Cultural anthropology → What living people say and do
- Biological anthropology → Bones, fossils, and genomes
- Archaeology → Objects and layers left behind
- Linguistic anthropology → Speech and grammar in use
Why
Each field reads a different archive of the same species: behavior, bodies, debris, and talk.
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