Physical Anthropologists Have Three Broad Areas of Interest
Physical anthropology is a biological view of humans. There is three broad areas of interest to physical anthropologists, evolution of humans, human variation, and primatology. Paleoanthropology is the study of human evolution through the fossil records of humans. Primatology is the…
The Four-Field Approach to Anthropology
Anthropology is divided into four subfields. Physical Anthropology – humans as biological organisms Paleoanthropology Applied physical anthropology Human variation Forensic anthropology Primatology Archaeology – attempts to reconstruct past cultures most without any written records Cultural resource management Historical archaeology Applied Archaeology…
Differences Between Anthropology and Other Social Sciences
Anthropology is a study in science that focuses on where people originate, how people develop, and the contemporary variations of people. Anthropology differs from sociology, history, poli-sci, biology, psychology, and economics because anthropology aims to explain in a very broad sense what…