Anthropology

  • study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, and societies, in both the present and past, including the past human species

Sub-Divisions

  • Archaeological Anthropology has been derived from the broad field of Archaeology concerning the study of the extinct cultures
  • Social Anthropology – studies patterns of behavior
  • Cultural Anthropology – studies cultural meaning, including norms and values
  • Linguistic Anthropology – studies how language influences social life
  • Biological/Physical Anthropology – studies biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates, and their extinct hominin ancestors
  • Philosophical Anthropology – studies what is it to be human

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