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What is primatology and why is it important to the study of humans?
 
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What are the subfields, or branches, of anthropology?
 
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ANS: It is the study of nonhuman primates in their natural environments and is important because it helps us gain insights into the human evolutionary process.

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ANS: physical anthropology, archaeology, anthropological linguistics, and cultural anthropology




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