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Aspects of human culture Economic systems Marriage customs Religions Philosophy All behaviors acqured through learning Anthropologists are interested in variation in terms of both biology and culture Primates Share unique characteristics Large brains Forward facing eyes Increased reliance on visual sense Fingernails Reduced sense of smell Humans Bipedalism Non-honing complex Culture Symbolic behavior Material culture Language Speech Hunting Domestication of food items Scientific method Observe a natural phenomenon Collece data Proposes hyphtheses and test them Propoise conclusions Adaptations are advantageous changes brought about by natural selection