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Applied anthropology

Applied anthropology is the practical application of anthropological data, methodology, perspective and theory to asses and solve contemporary social problems.

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Social evolution

Anthropology; Applied anthropology

Social evolution is a subdiscipline of evolutionary biology that is concerned with social behaviours that have fitness consequences for individuals other than the actor. Social behaviours can be ...

Normative ethics

Anthropology; Applied anthropology

Normative evolutionary ethics may represent a more independent attempt to use evolution, alone or partially, to justify an ethical system.

Darwinian anthropology

Anthropology; Applied anthropology

Darwinian anthropology describes an approach to anthropological analysis which employs various theories from darwinian evolutionary biology.

Evolutionary ethics

Anthropology; Applied anthropology

Evolutionary ethics is a term referring equally to a form of descriptive ethics or normative ethics.

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