The scientific study of culture, with the goal of understanding the roots of human and non-human cultural behavior through a study of present and past human cultures, human biology, and the biology and culture of humanity's genetic relatives.
Anthropology is broken up into five main branches: Cultural Anthropology, which studies existing human cultures; Arcaheology, which studies human cultures in the past; Linguistics, which studies the development of human language; Physical (Forensic) Anthropology, which stuides human biology; and Primatology, which studies primates and their cultures, human's closest genetic. relatives .
Anthropology is broken up into five main branches: Cultural Anthropology, which studies existing human cultures; Arcaheology, which studies human cultures in the past; Linguistics, which studies the development of human language; Physical (Forensic) Anthropology, which stuides human biology; and Primatology, which studies primates and their cultures, human's closest genetic. relatives .
by Stibbons April 19, 2005
The cultural and physical scientific study of humankind indiscriminate of time, place and race in an attempt to explain the origin of humankind.
by DesPERRYado November 1, 2004
A fascinating subject of humanity. Unfortunately, however, humans who study this usually have absolutely no job and are greatly swallowed in debt.
Yeah, anthropology is interesting, but I can't say that I would be comfortable with living in a box.
by TheFineFinnishIndividual March 12, 2013
by maggiemay122790 October 4, 2010
by nethcev! August 24, 2006
People of ambiguous racial descent, usually people of black and white descent. The past, present, and future face of America and Mankind
by qnzkid718 May 1, 2011
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