ANTH 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Linguistic Anthropology, Forensic Anthropology, Biological Anthropology
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All anthropologists believe that the best understanding of the human condition arises from a global, comparative, and holistic approach. Biological (or physical) anthropologists study humans as biological organisms. Some work with human fossils to reconstruct the biological evolution of humans. Archaeologists overlap with biological anthropologists because they often encounter human skeletons, and biological anthropologists are essential in the recovery and analysis of these remains. cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropologists describe and analyze the culture of modern human groups. Cultural anthropologists commonly employ the method of participant observation, gathering data by personally questioning and observing people by physically living in their society. Anthropologists study rituals, kinship, religion, politics, art, oral histories, medical practices anything and everything that people in contemporary societies do, say, or think. Archaeology overlaps with cultural anthropology in that some archaeologists conduct research with living peoples to understand the relationships between behavior and material remains linguistic anthropology.
