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Anthropology is the systematic study of the similarities and differences among peoples throughout the world at all times. It includes both cross-cultural and evolutionary approaches to understanding the causes of human biological and cultural variation. Anthropological research typically involves fieldwork: living with and studying people in a region or community, investigating archaeological sites for the record of past cultures and societies; exploring fossil remains, primate behavior and human biological variability; describing and analyzing human linguistic variation.

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Three branches of anthropology are included in the Delaware curriculum: Social or Cultural anthropology is concerned with all aspects of contemporary and recent human culture: ideology, religion, art forms, social relations and political and social institutions. Biological or Physical anthropology addresses the evolution and adaptation of humans Archaeology is directed toward the analysis of information about human culture through the recovery, study analysis and preservation of the material remains of past human cultures, both prehistoric and historic.