Anthropology
ANTHROPOLOGY
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Introduction
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It is derived from two Greek words
o Anthropos (Man/Human being)
o Logos (Study)
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It is the scientific study which involves
o Study of human origin
o Study to find that how we have changed over the years
o Study to find out that we are related to each other from
our culture and with other culture also
Subdivision
of Anthropology
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Physical Anthropology
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Also known as Biological anthropology
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A scientific discipline concerned with the
§ Biological aspects of human being
§ Behavioral aspects of human being
§ Related non-human primates and their extinct hominin
ancestors
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Focused on the evolution of human being not
on the culture
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Archaeology
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It is the study of the ancient and recent
human past through material remains
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It offers a unique perspective on human
history and culture
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Cultural Anthropology
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It is focused on the cultural variation among
humans
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Generally the cultural anthropologist study
that
§ How people make their living?
§ How people interact with each other?
§ What beliefs people holds?
§ What institutions organize people in the society?
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Linguistic Anthropology
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It is focused to understand the human languages
and their change over a period of time
§ Written & non-written languages
§ Spoken languages
§ Non-verbal languages
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This field explores more about the
§ How language shapes the communication?
§ How language forms the social identity?
§ How language organize large scale cultural beliefs &
ideologies?
§ How language develops a common cultural representation?
Benefits
of Anthropology
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Economic benefits
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Cross disciplinary subject
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Curiosity
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Cultural connections
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