NATURE OF ANTHROPOLOGY Flashcards
it is the scientific study of physical, social and cultural development and behavior of human beings since their appearance on this earth.
ANTHROPOLOGY
Out of all sciences that study the aspect of man, what is the study comes nearest to the total study of man?
Anthropology
anthropos
man
logos
study
who was the first man to ever use the term “anthropologist” and said to be the first anthropologist
aristotle
THE MAIN BRANCHES OF ANTHROPOLOGY
- Biological Anthropology
- Social-cultural Anthropolgy
- Archeological Anthropology
- Linguistic Anthropology
a branch of anthropology that deals with the biological and physical characteristics of humans.
biological anthropology
sub-branches of biological anthropology
- human paleontology or paleoanthropology
- human genetics
- forensic anthropology
a branch of anthropology that studies social institutions such as family, marriage, kinship, religion, economic organization, political organization, law, and the relations between such institutions. and culture
SOCIAL-CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
subfield of social-cultural anthropology
Subfields of Social-cultural Anthropology
Familial Anthropology
Economic Anthropology
Political Anthropology
Anthropology of Religion
Ecological Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Development Anthropology
arkhaios
ancient
another branch of anthropology that studies human languages
linguistic anthropology
the major languages in the world
- chinese
- arabic
- hindi
- russian
- english
- french
- spanish
- portuguese
uses of anthropology
- provides possibility to study every human aspects
- solve real world problems
- understand the culture of people
