What is Anthropology?

What is Anthropology?

What is Anthropology as you understand it?

INSTRUCTIONS: Please write a 1 page paper (approximately 350 words) explaining your answer. If you use any outside sources, PLEASE CITE your sources. You may write in “first person” (using terms like “I am,” “I think”, “I believe”). Grading will be based on your depth of thought, spelling and grammar, so please spellcheck and proofread your work.

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I think anthropology is the study of general human species and its ancestors. It is involved in studying the entire the human condition, both the past, present, and future. I believe that anthropology also studies the biology, culture, society, and language of human beings (Pearson, 2014). These studies create the branches of anthropology. Both cultural and social anthropology study the values and norms of members…