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Anthropology is the study of humans, encompassing their past, present, and future through various fields. The major fields include Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics, each focusing on different aspects of human existence and development. The goals of anthropology involve analyzing cultural similarities and differences, assessing cultural development, and understanding biological diversity.

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Ucsp Lesson 1

Anthropology is the study of humans, encompassing their past, present, and future through various fields. The major fields include Biological Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Archaeology, and Linguistics, each focusing on different aspects of human existence and development. The goals of anthropology involve analyzing cultural similarities and differences, assessing cultural development, and understanding biological diversity.

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OVERVIEW OF

ANTHROPOLOGY
LESSON 1
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY

• Provides a window to our past, a mirror for our


present, and a lens through which we look to the
future.
• Anthropologists research, observe, analyze, and
apply what they learn toward an understanding of
the many variations of the human condition.
ANTHROPOLOGY

• It comes from the Greek terms anthropos,


meaning man, and logos meaning sciences or
study.
• In other words, anthropology literally means the
science of study of man.
GOALS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
GOALS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
• Explain, and analyzing human cultural similarities and
differences.
• Assess the cultural development of our species as revealed in the
archeological record.
• Analyze the biological evolution of the human species as
evidenced in the fossil record.
• Explain human biological diversity today.
MAJOR FIELDS OF
ANTHROPOLOGY
4 MAJOR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• Biological Anthropology
• Cultural Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Linguistics
4 MAJOR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• Biological Anthropology
 Also called Physical Anthropology
 It studies Homo sapiens as biological beings both in the present and in
the past.
 Seeks to describe and explain the biological evolutions in our species.
 It also study the closely related primates (prosimians, monkeys and
apes) because their evolutionary history is similar to and related to ours.
4 MAJOR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• Cultural Anthropology
Also called Social Anthropology
It is the description and comparison of the
adaptations made by human groups to the diverse
ecosystems of the earth. These adaptations is called
culture.
4 MAJOR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• Archaeology
 The systematic study of the remains of previous cultures as a means of
reconstructing the lifeways of people who lived in the past.
 Archaeologists focus on culture, the culture of people we cannot
interview or observe.
 Archaeologists study how these people adapted to their natural and
sociocultural environments and how culture spread and changed through
time.
4 MAJOR FIELDS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• Linguistics
 The study of language.
 Linguists study language – how language is formed and how it works, the
history and development of language, and its relationship to other aspects of
culture.
 Linguistics became a part of anthropology for 2 reasons: (a) language is the
cornerstone of culture, and (b) to do ethnographic fieldwork, anthropologists
often had to begin by writing their own dictionaries and grammars of a native
language.

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