what does the profession of anthropology involve? what do anthropologist "do"? what do they study?

Answer 1

I believe it is the study of the "history" of human beings before written history.

Indiana Jones was an anthropologist. They usually can be found teaching at a university or digging around at an excavation site.

Answer 2

The profession of anthropology involves studying life basically. There are four areas of study that anthropologists concentrate on.
Biological Anthropology: Anthropologists in this area study the origin of man, and other animals. The genetic make up of individual species and where they may have originated from.

Cultural Anthropology: This area of study is based on what makes each culture unique. The specific dress, beliefs,etc.. of each group of people. How they interact with each other and why they act specific ways.

Linguistic Anthropology: This is the study of languages. This area of study examines how species human,or other communicate with each other.

Archaeology: This is the study of ancient civilizations and history. This area studys the civilizations that came befor and what they used in their daily life.

I hope this helped.

Answer 3

Anthropology is the study of man. There are generally four subfields of anthropology:

1) cultural anthro which generally focuses on living cultures, either foreign or local

2) biological anthro, which can be broken down into the study of primates or other animals to get insight on human development and evolution and physical anthro which often studies our pre-human ancestors

3) archaeology, which focuses on the past, either ancient, prehistoric or much more recent, although in some countries this is considered a subfield of history instead of anthropology

4) linguistics, which examines languages: how do languages develop, how do they spread, how are different languages related, similar, different, etc

Many anthropologists work in academia, teaching during the school year and researching during the summer, but more and more many are going to work for businesses, either as consultants or full time employees. They tend to be good communicators and problem solvers. In the US a lot end up working at least for a period of time in Cultural Resource Management. CRM work involves archaeological surveys, often for areas in development, although sometimes for historic reasons, like Colonial Williamsburg or Jamestown in Virginia.

My undergraduate degree was in anthropology, and I have worked as an archaeologist for long term research projects in Turkey and New Mexico and CRM work in many Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, and as an Anthropology/Geology Specialist at a Museum. Some of my friends have gone into education, banking, on to med school, law school and graduate school for anthropology and geography, even into the CIA. Probably the best thing about anthropology is that you can do almost anything you want if you're willing to work at it.

Answer 4

anthropologist's usually specialize in an area of anthropology such as archeology, linguists, cultural, or physical and depending on what area they are focused on they conduct research. (for example archaeologists would go and excavate an area looking for artifacts and human skeletal remains to study the ancient culture)

Many anthropologists are professors and continue to conduct research while teaching.

Answer 5

Have you ever watched like "Secrets of the dead", on PBS? They interview anthropologist on there. Any how anthropology basically study the same things achreolegist study. But they do more lab work like determining what the person may have looked like or what they died from.

Answer 6

Anthropology (from Greek: ἄνθρωπος, anthropos, "human being"; and λόγος, logos, "speech" lit. to talk about human beings) is the study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.[1][2] The term was first used by François Péron when discussing his encounters with Tasmanian Aborigines.[3] Ethnography is both one of its primary methods, and the text that is written as a result of the practice of anthropology and its elements.
Since the work of Franz Boas and Bronisław Malinowski in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, social anthropology has been distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on in-depth examination of context, cross-cultural comparisons (socio-cultural anthropology is by nature a comparative discipline),[4] and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research, often known as participant-observation. Cultural anthropology in particular has emphasized cultural relativity and the use of findings to frame cultural critiques. This has been particularly prominent in the United States, from Boas's arguments against 19th-century racial ideology, through Margaret Mead's advocacy for gender equality and sexual liberation, to current criticisms of post-colonial oppression and promotion of multiculturalism.

Answer 7

The study of people

Answer 8

Anthropologist are the C.S.I. of pre-history.

Indiana Jones was an archaeologist.

Answer 9

and why are they afraid of the bible, kjv preferred,..

based on selective facts to back their theory, fear, deceit, cunningly devised fables, evolution,..

like a boxer getting beat down in the ring, they dance and run around the ring to avoid the crushing blows, the real 'big bang' of the creationist, cause if they try to stand toe to toe, there is no standing eight count,..

i e a e,..
unificationist,..

Answer 10

in general they study the interrelationships in societies.