1. What is anthropology? What are its four sub-fields and how are they briefly defined? Use your own words to answer these questions!
Anthropology is the overall study of humankind. The four sub-fields of Anthropology are; Social-Cultural, Linguistic, Physical, and Archaeology. S-C Anthropology studies living people’s cultures using comparisons to learn how different they are from another culture. Linguistic Anthropology is the study of language in humans and can be studied with one particular language or through multiple comparisons. Physical Anthropology solely focuses on the human body, it is a scientific study of biological evolution and variation in humans and also taking a look at primates, humans closest living relatives. Archaeology is the scientific study of the human past using material remains that our ancestors left behind.
2. In a well-developed paragraph – and USING YOUR OWN WORDS – define “culture” as it is used by anthropologists.
Culture, in an Anthropological sense is all the variations of learned behavioral patterns. Culture is learned from the moment we are born. However, every culture is different. Everything that makes a person who they are is what makes everyone different. The language you speak, the food you’re eating, the clothes you’re wearing, your…
Social-Cultural Anthropology studies a wide range of societies to compare different cultures with one another. Linguistic Anthropology studies language and compares them amongst each other, language is one cultural trait that every society has even though they may not sound identical. Physical Anthropology shows that no matter what culture we are all the same on the inside and also shows how our ancestors evolved over time to fit the needs of their cultures. Archaeology is the one sub-field where we actually get to dig deep and find out how people of the past lived and what their culture was like through their material…
