Anthropology
The study of what makes us human
Physical
Paleoanthropology
The study of bone and stone remains of our ancient ancestors from millions of years ago.
The findings Lucy who is a member of the human family brought knowledge to anthropologists. She allowed them to see how humans from 3.2 million years ago evolved to know.
The study of where humans come from
Forensic
The study of human bones and fossils
Part-time jobs are taken by forensic anthropologist to help law enforcement be able to identify deceased after war or genocide.
Typically a job that requires knowledge of cultural anthropology to respect the cultures and religions of the deceased and their families.
Cultural
Ethology
Immersing themselves in a culture for months or years and taking meticulous notes to conduct research.
Anthropologists do this to create an intimate and deep understanding for the culture their studying. They spend so much time with them and start to evolve into them to understand and reflect on their own cultural assumptions.
Archeology
The study of physical remains of pas culture through excavation and reconstruction.
Prehistoric
Archeology helps find how people lived. A way archeologists did this was by following trails of tobaccos and thy were able to understand ancient trade routes, contact between peoples and agricultural and cultural practises of Aboriginals peoples before colonization by Europe.
The study of past and present cultures.
Linguistic
The study of human languages and how it affects and expresses culture.
Historical
Structural
Sociolinguistics
The study of how people use language within their culture to express status and context.
Not only spoken language but body language is studied too.
The study of how sounds are put together to make meaning.
Noam Chomsky's theory of universal grammar; that all human children are born with internal, universes of grammar and that the apply theses rules as they learn their mother tounge.
Comparison of the similarities and differences of languastructes to understand how their related to the migration of people from the past.