ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Ecology, Ethnoarchaeology, Medical Anthropology
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Main branches of anthropology, their scope and relevance. Anthropologists study man as a member of animal kingdom and his behavior as a member of society. Different branches of anthropology focus on different aspects of human experience. One branch focuses on how our species evolved from earlier species. Other branches concentrate on the learned traditions of human thought and behavior, how ancient cultures evolved and diversified, and how and why modern cultures change or stay the same. In its attempt to study the various dimensions of man s existence and behavior, it tends to generate many specialized branches. The major elementary branches are mentioned as under ; Second half of the 19th century was the beginning period of the socio-cultural. It is being inspired by the idea of evolution after the darwin s. Many socio-cultural anthropologists become interested in exploring the possibility of a similar process of evolution in the field of society and culture.
