what is anthropology anthropology is the study of the origins behavior and physical and social development of humans the discipline has four branches archaeology biological anthropology linguistic anthropology and cultural anthropology the word originates from the anthropos person and logos speech anthropology is the scientific study of humankind it demystifies culture by examining it anthropology is a social science that encompasses the synthesis of biological anthropology and cultural anthropology in order to address questions relative to human biology in relation to religious economic and political beliefs or practices anthropologists often use methods used by sociologists and take a more reflexive
stance on issues with their subject matter anthropologists go to different parts of the world to study human evolution and culture they are interested in why people have similar or different cultural practices they also research all aspects of folk religions rituals beliefs taboos and superstitions as part of their practice both cultural and physical anthropology are a study into human evolution with both groups using their own interpretations and methods for understanding the field's distinct topics related to culture society and biology studying anthropology takes many years of data-driven intensive studies in understanding and documenting the riches of the
human cultural universe and has both an academic discipline as well as an applied profession to study anthropology means more than just understanding the world in which we live it means understanding ourselves by learning about the many worlds of humanity and our varied ways of doing things to meet other cultures visit other countries talk with their people and observe how they behave is a process that changes every person who takes part in it [Music] bye
