http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Anthropology+ScienceSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Anthropology+ScienceCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://www.britannica.com/science/anthropologyAnthropology is ‘the science of humanity,’ which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species. Learn more about the history and branches of anthropology in this article.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:18:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/summary/anthropologyPhysical anthropology is the branch that concentrates on the biology and evolution of humanity. The branches that study the social and cultural constructions of human groups are variously recognized as belonging to cultural anthropology (or ethnology), social anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and psychological anthropology.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:32:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/question/What-is-anthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity, from our biology and evolutionary history as Homo sapiens, to the features of society and culture that distinguish humans from other animal species. In North America anthropology comprises four main subdisciplines: cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics. A number of even more specialized fields have developed since the ...Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:36:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/science/anthropology/The-major-branches-of-anthropologyAnthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology: Cultural anthropology is that major division of anthropology that explains culture in its many aspects. It is anchored in the collection, analysis, and explanation (or interpretation) of the primary data of extended ethnographic field research. This discipline, both in America and in Europe, has long cast a wide net and includes various ...Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:33:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/science/anthropology/History-of-anthropologyAnthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology: The modern discourse of anthropology crystallized in the 1860s, fired by advances in biology, philology, and prehistoric archaeology. In The Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin affirmed that all forms of life share a common ancestry. Fossils began to be reliably associated with particular geologic strata, and fossils of recent human ...Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:11:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/science/anthropology/Social-anthropologyAnthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior: The term social anthropology emerged in Britain in the early years of the 20th century and was used to describe a distinctive style of anthropology—comparative, fieldwork-based, and with strong intellectual links to the sociological ideas of Émile Durkheim and the group of French scholars associated with the journal L’Année sociologique ...Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:15:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/science/anthropology/Social-and-cultural-anthropologyAnthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior: A distinctive “social” or “cultural” anthropology emerged in the 1920s. It was associated with the social sciences and linguistics, rather than with human biology and archaeology. In Britain in particular social anthropologists came to regard themselves as comparative sociologists, but the assumption persisted that anthropologists were ...Tue, 24 Mar 2026 04:38:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/science/anthropology/World-anthropologyAnthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology: Anthropologists working in Africa and with African materials have made signal contributions to the theory and practice of anthropology. Early anthropology in Africa included work by missionaries and colonial officials. During the high colonial period, anthropology in Africa was based at Western-style universities and research centers, notably ...Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:22:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/science/cultural-anthropologyCultural anthropology, a major division of anthropology that deals with the study of culture in all of its aspects and that uses the methods, concepts, and data of archaeology, ethnography and ethnology, folklore, and linguistics in its descriptions and analyses of the diverse peoples of the world.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:08:00 GMThttps://www.britannica.com/question/What-are-the-main-branches-of-anthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity, from our biology and evolutionary history as Homo sapiens, to the features of society and culture that distinguish humans from other animal species. In North America anthropology comprises four main subdisciplines: cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:22:00 GMT