Cultural Anthropology
Into to Anthropology
What is Anthropology
oThe study of humankind, our history, our biology, our language, our culture, our
societies and distribution of humans according to planet
oThe study of biology and cultural evolution and diver. of human beings, both in
the past and the present
Anthropology is a:
oStudy of human cultures, origins of human beings’ evolution of species and
culture
oTry to understand similarities and differences between groups of people in
geographic areas
oComparative Social Science
oIntegrated social science
oFormulate and test hypotheses concerning humankind in order to develop
theories about species
oBoth a HARD and SOFT science
Social sciences are considered Soft sciences
Anthropology Views
oAnthropology is
Macroscopic and Microscopic
Comparative
Historic and holistic
Attempts to understand the cultures without bias
oThese views set anthropology apart from other social sciences
4 field discipline
oCultural
oLinguistic
oPhysical
oArchaeology
Physical Anthropology (Biological anthropology)
oFocuses on human biological variation evolution and adaptation to the
environment across time and space
Paleoanthropology
oSubdiscipline of physical anthro. which focuses on a study of origins of
human species
oFocuses on evolution of our species
Molecular anthropology
oSubdiscipline which focuses on use of genetic and biochemical technology
to understand human evolution, adaptation, and variation
