Anthropologist
noun
A person who studies people and cultures.
The anthropologist is traveling to a remote village for his research.

Often appears as...
- cultural anthropologist
- medical anthropologist
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Academic
noun
A person who studies people and cultures.
The anthropologist is traveling to a remote village for his research.

Often appears as...
- cultural anthropologist
- medical anthropologist
Usage tips
Academic
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Academic Field
Anthropologist refers to professionals in an academic or research setting, indicating high education level.

She became an anthropologist after completing her PhD in cultural studies.
Not Just History
Anthropologists study contemporary cultures and societies, not just ancient ones.

The anthropologist is conducting a survey on modern urban rituals.
Broader Focus
Beyond just cultures, anthropologists may investigate languages, biology, and archaeological records.

An anthropologist was comparing the burial customs across different civilizations.
Academic Field
Anthropologist refers to professionals in an academic or research setting, indicating high education level.

She became an anthropologist after completing her PhD in cultural studies.
Not Just History
Anthropologists study contemporary cultures and societies, not just ancient ones.

The anthropologist is conducting a survey on modern urban rituals.
Broader Focus
Beyond just cultures, anthropologists may investigate languages, biology, and archaeological records.

An anthropologist was comparing the burial customs across different civilizations.
Academic Field
Anthropologist refers to professionals in an academic or research setting, indicating high education level.

She became an anthropologist after completing her PhD in cultural studies.
Not Just History
Anthropologists study contemporary cultures and societies, not just ancient ones.

The anthropologist is conducting a survey on modern urban rituals.
Broader Focus
Beyond just cultures, anthropologists may investigate languages, biology, and archaeological records.

An anthropologist was comparing the burial customs across different civilizations.
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archaeologistethnologistfolkloristhumanist
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A New Age of Exploration...
died during this process and I'll show you why I think that what I've tried to do then is say it's to say okay people are coming through they've got stories are interesting how can anthropology help us put names and faces to these migrants were coming who are coming through the desert and why is it important as an anthropologist I use a bunch of different tools the first one
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How does the Rorschach...
hoping to unlock the psychological roots of mass murder. Anthropologists showed the images to remote communities as a sort of universal personality test. Employers made prejudiced hiring decisions based on reductive decoding charts. As the test left clinics and entered popular culture its reputation among medical professionals plummeted,
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Africa’s youth culture PIPE...
these Africans which were you know all the anthropologist of the Africans cutting themselves off or all these protests images of us and I realized that the only way we want to change that is by us showing ourselves showing different images of ourselves and well I like to show you some of the stuff I've
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How Finding This Human...
and that is in how we tell it; how anthropologists and scientists share that information with each other and with the public. The scientific papers that describe Naledi were released in a open-access journal called eLife. Shortly thereafter, we released all the shape files
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
before the agricultural revolution, it's important to understand that human beings lived in hunter-gatherer groups that are characterized wherever they're found in the world by what anthropologists called fierce egalitarianism. They not only share things,
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Pompeii: New Studies...
mostly and anthropologists archaeologists they study diet people from cemeteries but in this case these people were justtlike so they were living a living population this is very important to understand how they were living the the ealth of these
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Mark Pagel: How language...
We can build on their wisdom. And as a result, our ideas do accumulate, and our technology progresses. And this cumulative cultural adaptation, as anthropologists call this accumulation of ideas, is responsible for everything around you
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The opportunity of...
and invite them to engage their rare and valuable abilities with the community. Anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use, to be able to contribute.
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How we can face the...
I think future anthropologists will take a look at the books we read on self-help, self-realization, self-esteem. They'll look at the way we talk about morality as being true to oneself,
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Protecting the Tribes PIPE...
unaware of the changes going on in the outside world were contacted by anthropologists for the first time Senora de trabajo trois Agora cetera para la gente de todo a carbon Sandy
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A New Age of Exploration...
died during this process and I'll show you why I think that what I've tried to do then is say it's to say okay people are coming through they've got stories are interesting how can anthropology help us put names and faces to these migrants were coming who are coming through the desert and why is it important as an anthropologist I use a bunch of different tools the first one
Video examples
How does the Rorschach...
hoping to unlock the psychological roots of mass murder. Anthropologists showed the images to remote communities as a sort of universal personality test. Employers made prejudiced hiring decisions based on reductive decoding charts. As the test left clinics and entered popular culture its reputation among medical professionals plummeted,
Video examples
Africa’s youth culture PIPE...
these Africans which were you know all the anthropologist of the Africans cutting themselves off or all these protests images of us and I realized that the only way we want to change that is by us showing ourselves showing different images of ourselves and well I like to show you some of the stuff I've
Video examples
How Finding This Human...
and that is in how we tell it; how anthropologists and scientists share that information with each other and with the public. The scientific papers that describe Naledi were released in a open-access journal called eLife. Shortly thereafter, we released all the shape files
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
before the agricultural revolution, it's important to understand that human beings lived in hunter-gatherer groups that are characterized wherever they're found in the world by what anthropologists called fierce egalitarianism. They not only share things,
Video examples
Pompeii: New Studies...
mostly and anthropologists archaeologists they study diet people from cemeteries but in this case these people were justtlike so they were living a living population this is very important to understand how they were living the the ealth of these
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
We can build on their wisdom. And as a result, our ideas do accumulate, and our technology progresses. And this cumulative cultural adaptation, as anthropologists call this accumulation of ideas, is responsible for everything around you
Video examples
The opportunity of...
and invite them to engage their rare and valuable abilities with the community. Anthropologists tell us that the one thing we as humans have always required of our community members is to be of use, to be able to contribute.
Video examples
How we can face the...
I think future anthropologists will take a look at the books we read on self-help, self-realization, self-esteem. They'll look at the way we talk about morality as being true to oneself,
Video examples
Protecting the Tribes PIPE...
unaware of the changes going on in the outside world were contacted by anthropologists for the first time Senora de trabajo trois Agora cetera para la gente de todo a carbon Sandy
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Abraham Verghese
Ethiopian Author
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.

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Reggie Watts
American Comedian
I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist. I try not to talk about something unless it's something I love. But if it's something that really annoys me, I fixate on it, learn something about it and then, when I'm onstage, it comes out.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky
American Writer
An anthropologist will not excitedly report of a newly discovered tribe: 'They eat food! They breathe air! They use tools! They tell each other stories!' We humans forget how alike we are, living in a world that only reminds us of our differences.

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Robert Graves
Irish Novelist
Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.

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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
As an anthropologist, I believe strongly in our common humanity. We can rise above the tribal divisions that have caused so much anguish and real damage in the past.

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Gregory Bateson
British Scientist
It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.

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Ken Burns
American Director
I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head.

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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world.

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Annabelle Wallis
English Actress
I wanted to be an anthropologist and travel.

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Jeremy Wade
I've become an accidental anthropologist.

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Abraham Verghese
Ethiopian Author
Rituals, anthropologists will tell us, are about transformation. The rituals we use for marriage, baptism or inaugurating a president are as elaborate as they are because we associate the ritual with a major life passage, the crossing of a critical threshold, or in other words, with transformation.

Quote examples
Reggie Watts
American Comedian
I consider myself something of a self-taught anthropologist. I try not to talk about something unless it's something I love. But if it's something that really annoys me, I fixate on it, learn something about it and then, when I'm onstage, it comes out.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky
American Writer
An anthropologist will not excitedly report of a newly discovered tribe: 'They eat food! They breathe air! They use tools! They tell each other stories!' We humans forget how alike we are, living in a world that only reminds us of our differences.

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Robert Graves
Irish Novelist
Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.

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Alice Roberts
English Scientist
As an anthropologist, I believe strongly in our common humanity. We can rise above the tribal divisions that have caused so much anguish and real damage in the past.

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Gregory Bateson
British Scientist
It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.

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Ken Burns
American Director
I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head.

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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
As a group, anthropologists are not too fond of people who work in the business world.

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Annabelle Wallis
English Actress
I wanted to be an anthropologist and travel.

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Jeremy Wade
I've become an accidental anthropologist.

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