what is anthropolgy?

Question

what is it theirs a store called that . i use to know but it just left my mind. i guess i've banged my head against a wall one to many times

Answer 1

anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture. It has also differed from other sciences concerned with human social behavior (especially sociology) in its emphasis on data from nonliterate peoples and archaeological exploration. Emerging as an independent science in the mid-19th cent., anthropology was associated from the beginning with various other emergent sciences, notably biology, geology, linguistics, psychology, and archaeology. Its development is also linked with the philosophical speculations of the Enlightenment about the origins of human society and the sources of myth. A unifying science, anthropology has not lost its connections with any of these branches, but has incorporated all or part of them and often employs their techniques.
Anthropology is divided primarily into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology. Physical anthropology focuses basically on the problems of human evolution, including human paleontology and the study of race and of body build or constitution (somatology). It uses the methods of anthropometry, as well as those of genetics, physiology, and ecology. Cultural anthropology includes archaeology, which studies the material remains of prehistoric and extinct cultures; ethnography, the descriptive study of living cultures; ethnology, which utilizes the data furnished by ethnography, the recording of living cultures, and archaeology, to analyze and compare the various cultures of humanity; social anthropology, which evolves broader generalizations based partly on the findings of the other social sciences; and linguistics, the science of language. Applied anthropology is the practical application of anthropological techniques to areas such as industrial relations and minority-group problems. In Europe the term anthropology usually refers to physical anthropology alone.-

Answer 2

It is the study of mankind.

Also as far as I know, everything about mankind. What he ate at certain periods, wore, wrote, thought, and believed, etc, to put together an accurate picture of what mankind was like in certain civilizations.

And apply that info to our own to know more about our own human nature.

I hope that is right. Not sure I would use it for a homework question, though.

Answer 3

Anthropology (from the Greek word ἄνθρωπος, "man" or "person") consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). It is holistic in two senses: it is concerned with all human beings at all times and with all dimensions of humanity.

In principle, it is concerned with all institutions of all societies. Anthropology is distinguished from other social-science disciplines by its emphasis on cultural relativity, in-depth examination of context, and cross-cultural comparisons. Some anthropologists have utilized anthropological knowledge to frame cultural critiques. This has been particularly prominent in America, from the popular attacks on Victorianism by Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict through contemporary attacks on post-colonialism under the heading of postmodernism.

In practice, anthropology is reducible to four distinct fields of study. Biological or physical anthropology seeks to understand the physical human being through the study of genetics, inherited traits and variations thereof, evolution, adaptation, etc. Cultural anthropology is the investigation, often through long term, intensive field studies, of the culture of a particular people, its languages, economic patterns, kinships, political organizations, etc. Linguistic anthropology seeks to understand the processes of human communications, verbal and non-verbal; it identifies the many subtle elements of the world's languages and documents their structure, function and history. Finally, but of no less importance, archaeology is the study of the prehistory and early history of a culture and its development through the exploration, discovery, excavation, dating and methodological analysis of the material remains of a culture.

Anthropology is a methodologically diverse discipline, incorporating both qualitative methods and quantitative methods. Ethnographies—intensive case studies based on field research—have historically had a central place in the literature of the discipline. Currently, advancements across the scientific disciplines such as in physics and chemistry have aided anthropologists in their efforts to better understand all of humanity. Radio-carbon dating is just one of many technologies used regularly in the field of anthropology.

Answer 4

Anthropology is the study of man.

The store is called "Abercrombology and Fitchology" and sells over-priced T-shirts and jeans.

Answer 5

Study of the development of man and his cultures

Answer 6

study of people (man)

many branches

physical, cultural, archeology

I think Evolutionary Biology and Evolutionary Psych would be the funnest

Answer 7

anthropology is the study of past human culture

Answer 8

yah anthropologie, which is how it's spelled in french, is the store. it's the study of man. no idea why they named the store that. probably because they try to be all multi-cultural w/ their clothes or whatever.

Answer 9

I don't know what 'anthropolgy' means. I do know what Anthropology means - it's the study of humankind.

Answer 10

study of humanity from all times