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 Physical anthropology (biological anthropology) |
The field of anthropology that studies both human biological evolution
and contemporary racial variations among peoples of the world.
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 Paleoanthropology |
The study of human evolution through fossil remains.
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Primatology
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The study of nonhuman primates in their natural environments for the purpose of gaining insights into the human evolutionary process.
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Race
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A subgroup of the human population whose members share a greater number of physical traits with one another that they do with members of other subgroups.
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Genetics
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The study of inherited physical traits.
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Population biology
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The study of the interrelationship between population characteristics and environments.
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Epidemiology
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The study of the occurrence, distribution, and control of desease in populations
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Archaeology
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The field of anthropology that focuses on the study of prehistoric and historic cultures through the excavation of material remains.
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Artifact
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A type of material remain (found by archaeologists) that has been made or modified by humans, such as tools, arrowheads, and so on.
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Features
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Archaeological remains that have been made or modified by people and cannot easily be carried away, such as house foundations, fireplaces, and post holes.
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Ecofact
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Physical remains - found by archaeologists - that were used by humans but not made or reworked by them (for example, seeds and bones).
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Cultural resource managment
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A form of applied archaeology that involves identifying, evaluating, and sometimes excavating sites before the contruction of roads, dams, and buildings.
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Anthropological linguistics
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The scientific study of human communication within its sociocultural context.
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Historical linguistic
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The study of how languages change over time.
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Glottochronology
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The historical linguistic technique of determining the approximate date that two languages diverged by analyzing similarities and differences in their vocabularies.
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