Anthropology
The study of humankind in a cross-cultural context. Anthropology includes the four subfields: cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. Anthropologists try to understand the inner workings of a group of peop
Biological Anthropology
The study of humans as biological organisms, considered in an evolutionary framework; sometimes called physical anthropology. Biological anthropologists spend their careers trying to understand the details of the evolutionary process and the ways in which
Evolution
A change in the frequency of a gene or a trait in a population over multiple generations.
(An) Adaptation
A trait that increases the reproductive success of an organism, produced by natural selection in the context of a particular environment.
Archaeology Anthropology
Archaeology is the study of how people used to live, based on the materials, or artifacts, they left behind. These artifacts, art, implements, and other objects of material culture form the basis for the analysis and interpretation of ancient cultures.
Cultural Anthropology
the study of human societies in a cross-cultural and focuses on how people lead their daily lives is at the heart of the field. Ethnology, one of the subfields of cultural anthropology, is the study of human societies and of the behavior of people within
Linguistic Anthropology
is the study of the form, function, and social context of language. Linguistic anthropologists usually are more interested in language use and the role that language plays in shaping culture than they are in the technical aspects of language structure.
Archaeology
Archaeology is the study of how people used to live, based on the materials, or artifacts, they left behind. These artifacts, art, implements, and other objects of material culture form the basis for the analysis and interpretation of ancient cultures.
Biological or "Physical" Anthropology
is vastly wider than the study of primates, fossils, and brain evolution. Any scientist studying evolution as it relates to the human species, directly or indirectly, could be called a biological anthropologist. Six subfields of Biological anthropology ar
Paleoanthropology
is the study of the fossil record for humankind, and fossilized remains are the most direct physical evidence of human ancestry that we have to understand where we came from. The discovery of skeletal evidence of new ancestral species, or additional speci
Skeletal Biology and Human Osteology
Osteology is the study of the skeleton. Firstly, when a fossil is discovered is to figure out what sort of animal the fossil�often a tiny fragment�may have been in life. Osteologists must therefore possess extraordinary skills of identification and a keen
Paleopathology and Bioarchaeology
Hand in hand with skeletal biology are paleopathology and bioarchaeology: the study of disease in ancient human populations, and the study of human remains in an archaeological context.
Forensic Anthropology
the study of the identification of skeletal remains and of the means by which the individual died, is a contemporary application of biological anthropology. Forensic anthropologists take their knowledge of osteology and paleopathology and apply it to both
Primatology ex. Jane Goodall
Primatologists study the anatomy, physiology, behavior, and genetics of both living and extinct monkeys, apes, and prosimians. Primatologists study nonhuman primates and their anatomy, genetics, behavior, and ecology for a variety of reasons, including th
Human Biology
Subfield of biological anthropology dealing with human growth and development, adaptation to environmental extremes, and human genetics. subfields include:
Human adaptations, Nutritional, Anthropologists, Human variation,
Biocultural Anthropologists,
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Human adaptations
learning how people adjust physiologically to the extremes of Earth's physical environments.
Nutritional Anthropologists
studying the interrelationship of diet, culture, and evolution.
Human variation
deals with the many ways in which people differ in their anatomy throughout the world. biological anthropologists are interested in human variation, both anatomical and genetic, simply because it offers clues about the peopling of the world by the migrati
Biocultural Anthropologists
interested in research problems that require an understanding of both biological and cultural factors. One area in which a biocultural perspective is vitally important is biomedical anthropology
Biomedical anthropologists might study how human cultural pr
Molecular Anthropology
is a genetic approach to human evolutionary science that seeks to understand the differences in the genome between humans and their closest relatives, the nonhuman primates. Because genetic inheritance is the basis for evolutionary change, a geneticist is
Three facets of Socio-Cultural Anthropology.
Cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, Archaeology
Six subfields of Biological Anthropology
Human biology, Primatology, Paleoanthropology, Skeletal Biology and Osteology, Paleopathology, and Forensic Anthropology
The various sub disciplines that comprise the field of biological anthropology
is vastly wider than the study of primates, fossils, and brain evolution. Any scientist studying evolution as it relates to the human species, directly or indirectly, could be called a biological anthropologist. This includes paleoanthropology, skeletal b
the subfield of linguistic anthropology and explain its relationship to anthropology
Linguistic anthropologists usually are more interested in language use and the role that language plays in shaping culture than they are in the technical aspects of language structure.
An anthropological linguist might study the aspects of Black English t
the subfield of archaeology and explain its relationship t0 anthropology
Archaeologists work at sites all over the world, studying time periods from the advent of stone tools 2.5 million years ago until the much more recent past. Prehistoric archaeologists study cultures that did not leave any recorded written history�from the
ethnology and its relationship to ethnography.
Ethnology, one of the subfields of cultural anthropology, is the study of human societies and of the behavior of p people within those societies. The practice of ethnology is called ethnography (literally, "the describing of culture").
how biological evolution led to the capacity for culture.
In earliest humans, biological evolution produced the capacity for culture: Intelligence had to evolve before learned traditions such as tool use could flourish, as we see in wild apes today. Our biology produced culture, but culture can also influence bi
various questions that direct the activities of biological anthropologists today
Questions will relate to any scientist studying evolution as it relates to the human species, directly or indirectly. This includes paleoanthropology, skeletal biology and osteology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, primatology, and human biology.