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comparative method
comparative method The comparative method is an approach that studies different peoples, times, or conditions side by side to trace relationships, movements, and the development and direction of customs, beliefs, and thought-habits.
The comparative method is an approach that studies different peoples, times, or conditions side by side to trace relationships, movements, and the development and direction of customs, beliefs, and thought-habits. In anthropology, it is used both to show broad resemblances and important differences across human activities and to connect surviving or recorded practices with evidence from earlier societies.