Discovering

Anthropolo
gy
JERHAND H.AZES
 What we'll
discuss
• Definitions of
Anthropology
• Brief History of
Anthropology
• Philosopers of
Anthropology
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M N A U H
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H U M A N
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E R U T L U C
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C U L T U R E
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G Y L O P O R O A N H T
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A N T H R O P O L O G Y
 Definition of
Anthropology
• The study of
greek words
humans. it came from two
"anthropos" which means "human being" and
logos which
means "the study of"
• A discipline that seeks to undertsand all
aspects of human life, including past and
present social and cultural processes
biological adaptations.
Fields of Anthropology
Physical Anthropology
The study of the past and present evolution
of human species and is concerned with
understanding the causes of present diversity.
Cultural Anthropology
it is concerned with the study of human
Archaeology
societies, cultures, and their development.
is the study of human cultures through the
study of material and environmental remains
Linguistics
is the study of nature of human languages in
the context of those cultures that developed
 Brief History of
Anthropolo Anthropolo
gy startedAnthropologygy traces its
as a science roots from
during the natural
history
time or which is the
exploration study of
when plants,
european animals,
countries and humans
started to with
colonize. reference to
their
 Philosopers of
Anthropology

Johann Friedrich Lewis Henry Edward

Blumenbach Morgan Burnet Tylor
German physician who American anthropologist
laid the foundation of who examined the Father of
anthropology as scientific material basis of cultural Anthropology
discipline.
 Philosopers of
Anthropology

William Graham
American economist and
Franz Boaz Ruth
Summer
cultural anthropologist who 'Father of Benedict
"American
introduced terms "folkways" Modern Cultural
"mores" and "ethnocentrism" Anthropology" Anthropologist"
in socio-cultural anthropology
 Philosopers of
Anthropology

Alfred Radcliffe- Brownislaw Ralph Linton

Brown
English social PolishMalinowski
anthropology who American Cultural
anthropologist who founded social Anthropologist who
developed the theory of anthropology by focusing sorted out the
"structural into sociological and distinction between
 Philosopers of
Anthropology

Margaret Edward Evans- Claude Levi

American
Mead Cultural Pritchard French social anthropologist
Anthropologist who
English social
anthropologist who whoStrauss
intoduced
contributed her ethnographically "structuralism" in
ethnographic research on anthropology to identify
investigated african common patterns of behavior
adoloscent and sexual
 "The purpose of
anthropology is to
make the world
safe for human
•
differences"- Ruth
Benedict
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