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About Anthropology

Anthropology is the science in which we study human origins, development, distribution, social habits, culture and language.

There are four main branches to anthropology:

• archaeology, which focuses on past human cultures;
• cultural anthropology, which examines living groups;
• physical anthropology which explores humans origins, genetics and biological development; and
• linguistics, the study of human languages.

At the Australian Museum we specialise mainly in archaeology and cultural anthropology.

Find out more about:

• Anthropology at the Australian Museum
• People and Place Research Centre

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