- The study of the evolutionary history of a certain group of organisms, utilizes taxonomy to show relationships 
- Often represented as a family tree to show which species "yielded" later ones

Phylogeny

- Taxa
- Taxonomic Rank
- Taxonomic hierarchy

Components of a biological taxonomy

From largest/most general to smallest/most specific:

- domain
- kingdom 
- phylum (in zoology) / division (in botany)	
- class 
- order
- family
- genus
- species

Main Taxonomic Ranks in Biology

The study of identifying and grouping organisms to reconstruct the evolutionary histories of organisms.

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The study of human behavior, societies, and cultures throughout history (including the present). Anthropology, in broad terms, studies methods to describe and explain the similarities and differences in biology and culture of all humanity in all times and places. 

Anthropology

Evolutionary Biology studies the processes that produced the diversity of life on earth or study of the phylogenetic history of organisms on earth.

Evolutionary Biology

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- Anthropology & Education Quarterly
- University of Manchester School of Social Sciences 
- Current Anthropology
- Psychological Anthropology 
- Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology
- National Park Service
- Indiana University Bloomington Department of Anthropology 
- What is Primatology? Central Washington University 
- Wikipedia 
- Stanford University Anthropology Department

References for Anthropology

- Margaret Mead
- Franz Boas
- Ruth Benedict
- Edward Sapir

Foundational Anthropologists 

There are conflicting ideas on how to organize the fields of archaeology and anthropology as archaeology in the Americas is a subfield of anthropology: the study of humans. In other parts of the world, archaeology is an independent field of study or part of historical research. The current section on the map follows America's organizational structure placing archaeology under anthropology as a subfield but in other countries, these fields are placed as separate fields of study and sometimes have different terms or meanings associated. 

Difference Between Archaeology and Anthropology 

There are many ways to conduct anthropology. Different approaches to anthropology have developed in many countries. Anthropologists on a global scale work together through international organizations to try and understand more about our lives as humans.

Anthropology on a Global Scale

- Primates
- Rodentia
- Chiroptera
- Soricomorpha
- Cetartiodactyla
- Carnivora 

Examples of Orders in Mammalia Class

Taxonomy in Biology

Key research methods and analytical approaches in anthropology include:
- Holism
- Comparison
- Dynamism
- Fieldwork
- Evaluating context
- Dating methods
- Identifying remains

Key Research Methods in Anthropology

Evolutionary psychology is a field that investigates the ultimate biological causes of behavior by focusing on how universal patterns of cognition and behavior have evolved over time. It operates on the principle that these genetically influenced patterns are adaptations to an organism's physical and social environment, shaped by their contribution to survival and reproductive success.

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