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anthropology

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studies the diversity of the human condition

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the past, the present, and the future

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includes biology, science, language, and culture

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culture

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a system of shared meanings

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used to cope with surroundings and communicate with others

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subfields

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cultural anthropology

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diversity of beliefs from a cross-cultural perspectives

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social structure

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material culture

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archeology

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excavations

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burials

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bones

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pottery

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physical/biological anthropology

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the study of human beings as members of an animal species

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we have the same neurology, biology, physiology as other animals do

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osteology

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the study of the structure and function of the skeleton and bony structures

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ondontology

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study of the teeth

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a hard substance which are usually found in skeletons

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tell us about age and diet

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forensic anthropology

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uses genetics, study of bones to learn about the scene of a crime

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human biology

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skin color

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lung volume

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paleoanthropology

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the combination and a sub-discipline of

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1. paleontology

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study of life that existed prior tothe Holocene Epoch

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2. physical anthropology

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the study of the formation and the development of

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the specific characteristics of humans

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the reconstruction of evolutionary kinship lines in the family Hominidae

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by means of the study of

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fossils

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bone fragments

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footprints

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stone tools

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artifacts

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settlement localities

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primatology

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the study of our closes relatives, the primates

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looking for clues in primates of how out ancestors survived

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molecular biology

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genetics

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indicate that the origin of homo sapiens is the African continent

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how different we are from our closest relatives such as the Neanderthals

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linguistics

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certain languages are used in cultural context that do not necessarily translate

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the capacity for language

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language is how we think, communicate, and organize our beliefs