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Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (2 October 1832, Camberwell, London – 2 January 1917, Wellington, Somerset) was an English anthropologist, ethnologist, and folklorist and is regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. Best known for his work Primitive Culture (1871), Tylor systematically defined the concept of culture within a scientific framework and helped shape anthropology as an academic discipline. Referred to as the “father of anthropology,” Tylor is recognized for his pioneering cont

Criminal Anthropology is a subfield of anthropology that examines the origins of crime and criminal behavior within social, cultural, biological and evolutionary contexts. From an anthropological perspective, crime is not merely seen as individuals violating social norms but as a complex phenomenon shaped by the individual’s environment, genetic structure and cultural codes. This field argues that criminality cannot be explained solely by socioeconomic factors but is also linked to evolutionary