Meaning of ANTHROPOLOGIST
| Pronunciation: | | `anthru'pâlujist
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| | Definition: | | [n] a social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
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| | See Also: | | Alfred Kroeber, Alfred Louis Kroeber, archaeologist, archeologist, Ashley Montagu, Benedict, Brinton, Broca, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowski, Claude Levi-Strauss, Daniel Garrison Brinton, Edward Sapir, ethnographer, ethnologist, Frazer, Heyerdahl, James George Frazer, Kroeber, Leakey, Levi-Strauss, Lewis Henry Morgan, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, Malinowski, Margaret Mead, Mary Douglas Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mead, Montagu, Morgan, Pierre-Paul Broca, Richard Erskine Leakey, Richard Leakey, Ruth Benedict, Ruth Fulton, Sapir, Sir James George Frazer, social anthropologist, social scientist, Thor Hyerdahl | |
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| | Definition: | | Anthropologist
Imagine making your living by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants and insects. Imagine having to worry about being attacked by a jaguar or some other wild animal. This is how our ancestors lived for hundreds of thousands of years, but only a few peoples carry on this ancient lifestyle today. One of the few are the Ache, hunter-gatherers living in Paraguay, a country in South America. Magdalena Hurtado is an anthropologist who has been studying the Ache for fifteen years. She has spent years living with the Ache people: learning their language, observing their history. The photographs and text offer invaluable insight into the work of an anthropologist. more details ... |
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| | Definition: | | \An`thro*pol"o*gist\, n.
One who is versed in anthropology.
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