PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

•THE STUDY OF PHYSICAL EVOLUTION OF

HOMO SAPIENS AND OF THE PHYSICAL
VARIATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY HUMAN
POPULATIONS.
ARCHEOLOGY
•SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS “PICK AND SHOVEL”
HISTORY. ANTHROPOLOGISTS STUDY CULTURE AND THE
PROCESSES OF CULTURAL EVOLUTION, USING THE
MATERIAL REMAINS OF PAST SOCIETIES.
•ALSO KNOWN AS THE SCIENCE OF ANCIENT
CIVILIZATIONS.
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
•THE STUDY OF VARIATIONS
AMONG HUMAN CULTURES OF THE
PRESENT AND THE RECENT PAST.
LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
• IT IS THE STUDY OF HOW HUMAN
LANGUAGES WERE STRUCTURED AND
USED, AND HOW THEY WERE
DEVELOPED.
ETHNOLOGY
•THIS CONCENTRATES ON THE DIVERSE CULTURES OF
THE PRESENT. IT ALSO ANALYSES THE STRUCTURE
AND FUNCTIONS OF HUMANS AND SOCIETIES THE
ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY INCLUDING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PERSONALITY IN
RELATION TO CULTURAL TRADITIONS.
PALEONTOLOGY

•THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF LIFE

IN PAST GEOLOGIC PERIODS.
•PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST – IS A
BIOLOGIST WHO STUDIES THE HUMAN
SPECIES, PAST AND PRESE NT AS
BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON.