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  1. Anthropology | Definition, Meaning, Branches, History, & Facts

    Jan 6, 2026 · Anthropology 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 …

  2. Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology | Britannica

    Anthropology - Cultural, Biological, Archaeology: Cultural anthropology is that major division of anthropology that explains culture in its many aspects. It is anchored in the collection, …

  3. The study of anthropology and its various branches | Britannica

    anthropology, The “science of humanity.” Anthropologists study human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and …

  4. Anthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior | Britannica

    Jan 6, 2026 · Anthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior: A distinctive “social” or “cultural” anthropology emerged in the 1920s. It was associated with the social sciences and linguistics, …

  5. Cultural anthropology | Definition, Examples, Topics, History,

    Anthropology, which is concerned with the study of human differences, was born after the Age of Discovery had opened up societies that had remained outside the technological civilization of …

  6. Forensic anthropology | Human Identification & Crime Scene …

    Forensic anthropology uses the techniques of physical anthropology to analyze skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains to solve crimes.

  7. Anthropology - Culture, Society, Human Behavior | Britannica

    Although it was at first defined in opposition to then-fashionable evolutionary and diffusionist schools of anthropology, by the mid-20th century social anthropology was increasingly …

  8. Anthropology Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

    ANTHROPOLOGY meaning: the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures

  9. Anthropology - Urban Studies, Culture, Society | Britannica

    Anthropology - Urban Studies, Culture, Society: Urban anthropology is the study of cultural systems and identities in cities as well as the various political, social, economic, and cultural …

  10. Anthropology - Language, Culture, Society | Britannica

    Anthropology - Language, Culture, Society: Linguistic anthropologists argue that human production of talk and text, made possible by the unique human capacity for language, is a …