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Ter(cid:373) (cid:862)a(cid:374)thropology(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) the greek a(cid:374)thropos for (cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:374), hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d logos for (cid:862)study(cid:863) Broad discipline, seeks to answer a wide variety of questions and has much overlap with other fields; Interested in both universals and differences in human populations. Broader in scope both historically and geographically and more holistic in approach than other disciplines. A discipline that studies humans, focusing on the study of differences and similarities both biological and cultural, in human populations. Anthropology is concerned with typical biological and cultural characteristics of human populations in all periods and all parts of the world (text) The study of human variation and diversity across time and space (syllabus) Traditionally concentrated on non-western cultures and left the study of western civilizations and other complex cultures to other fields anthropology of the study of complex societies as well. Anthropologists interested in peoples over time and across cultures;