In anthropology, the study of primate evolution was dominated by three main theories. Primate evolution studies were triggered by the question, "how early shrew-like mammals develop into the first primates'" Three dominant ideas emerged from this scientific question. The first primate evolut...

Anthropologists trace the origin and evolutionary development of the human race through the study of changing physical characteristics and cultural and social institutions. Anthropological data, including that acquired by archeological techniques, may be applied to solving problems in human r...

SUMMARY The understanding of experienced pain has recently moved from the biological to the metaphorical. Detailed interviews with twelve Turkish and Kurdish patients in London who had been unsuccessfully investigated medically for chronic pain showed that their understanding reflected local, t...

One of the most important issues surrounding cultural anthropology is the effect of culture on individual and collectively, social cognition. The hypothesis that culture shapes the individual's way of thinking or thought processes is reflected more explicitly with the use of language, language...

Behavior is the way human beings and other organisms act. Many people use the word behavior to mean conduct that is how a person's actions fit society's idea or right and wrong. But in other behavioral science, behavior is regarded as an activity of a person or other living things. This article ...