What is Anthropology?
Anthropology is the the study of man across time and space. Anthropology is not only the study of man in present context, but embodies the study of human beings journey through the path of evolution from Pleistocene period till today's globalized world trying to trace the future path. What is Anthropology?
A few common questions posed by anthropology are: how are societies different and how are they the same? How has evolution shaped how people reason? and what is culture? By taking the time to study peoples’ lives in detail, anthropologists explore what makes us uniquely human. In doing so, anthropologists aim to increase our understanding of ourselves and of each other.
Anthropology is classified into so many branches.
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Franz Boas is the father of modern anthropology while Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead are considered as mothers of anthropology.
