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tre a ts the d ata of this historically, w hich the core social sciences do to onlyam in o r d e g re e .

g re w o u t of e x p e d itio n s a n d m u s e u m s ; te a c h in g o f th e s u b je c t b e g a n q u ite h e s ita n tly a fu ll g e n e ra tio n later. B ut there have never been anylm useum s of

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O rie n ta l h is to ry , a n d a n th ro p o lo g is ts . C u ltu r e h is to ry , a g a in , is p u rs u e d w ith v e r y s im ila r o b je c tiv e s b y s tu d e n ts of A s ia tic a n d a n c ie n t c iv iliz a tio n s , h is to ria n s of s c ie n c e a n d id e a s , a n d a n th ro p o lo g is ts .

c o n c re te re - m a in d e rs of p e o p le s ' p a s ts . B u t n o n e of th e s e a p p ro a c h e s is c h a ra c te ris tic of sociology, th e nearest analogue to anthropology in th e core social sciences.

c o m p a ra tiv e a p p ro a c h , a n d th e re w ith h a v e e m p h a s iz e d th e re m o te e q u a lly w ith th e fa m ilia r, and have been

in im m ed iately practical ones. In this they have been aligned w ith biology, geology, astronom y ra th e r th a n w ith

T h e re h a s a lw a y s b e e n in te rlo c k in g of sta ff w ith A m e ric a n M u s e u m of N a tu r a l H is to ry , w h ic h b e g a n a s s e m b lin g c o lle c tio n s in th e 1 8 7 0 's a n d o rg a n iz e d a n a n th ro p o lo g ic a l d e - p a rtm e n t a n d s y s te m a tic re se a rc h so m e y e a rs e a rlie r th a n th e u n iv e rs ity .

in c lu d in g o n e lo n e a n th ro p o lo g is t. A b o u t 1 9 2 3 h e w a s su c c e e d e d b y a n a n th ro p o lo g is t of th e N a tu ra l H is to ry M u se u m sta ff, a n d a few y e a rs la te r h is s u b d e p a rtm e n t, h a v in g g ro w n , b e c a m e in d e p e n d e n t. M u s e u m a n d u n iv e rs ity a n th ro p o lo g y s ta ffs n o w in te rlo c k .

p a le o n to lo g y , z o o lo g y , a n d a n th r o p o lo g y is o ld a n d h a d a n th ro p o lo g is ts o n its sta ff b e fo re th e re w as a te a c h in g d e p a rtm e n t of a n th ro - p o lo g y .