Anthropology

The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of human beings 

Greek: Anthropo< anthropos= human beingsME: logie<OFr. < Latin: logia < Greek: logia ( < logios, word, speech)

Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts. Concerned with wholes rather than analysis or separation into parts: holistic medicine; holistic ecologyExample) Eating Salad 

1) Cultural Anthropology2) Physical Anthropology3) Linguistic Anthropology4) Archaeology

- Studies human culture and societyExample) Star of David(Judaism/ Christianity); Shatkona (symbol of knowledge in Hinduism/ Buddhism)-Cultural Anthropology focuses on the search for general principles that underlie all cultures -It examines the dynamics of a particular culture

- Ethnography-Historical Ethnography-Ethnology-Ethnobotany-Ethnomedicine-Ethnoscience

- Study humans from a biological perspective

-Paleoanthropology               -Osteology-Human variation                    -Nutrition -Primatology                            -Demography-Forensic Anthropology         -Epidemiology

Biological processes of human adaptation

Physiological differences among modern humans

Study of apes for clues about the human species 

Works in the identification of skeletal or badly decomposed human remains

Focuses on understanding language and it's relation to cultureStudy human languages:-Development               -Variation-Relationship of language to culture-How languages are learned 

-Study of past cultures through their material remains-Reconstruct past cultures by studying artifacts. Interpreted artifact's function by precise position in which it was found-Cultural Resource Management-Urban Archaeology

The protection and management of archaeological, archival, and architectural resources