Anthropology is defined as the study of humankind and their behavior. Anthropologists conduct scientific and humanistic studies of the culture and evolution of humans. Anthropology is traditionally broken down into four sub-fields: Biological anthropology, Archaeology, Linguistic anthropology, and Cultural anthropology. There is also a fifth sub-field, Applied anthropology. Each of these branches has its own skills, theories, and knowledge of studying humanity.
Biological anthropology studies the human body. They look at humans as a species, tracing back their origin, evolutionary development, and genetic make-up. Biological anthropology is a way of fully understanding how humans adapt to its natural environments.
The second sub-field of anthropology is archaeology. Archaeology is defined as the study of material remains such as fossils, religious figurines, vessels, pictographs, artifacts, relics, cave paintings, and monuments of past human life and activities.......
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