This document discusses how geographers, archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians study human history and past societies. It explains that geographers study how people interacted with their environments and draw conclusions from limited evidence. Archaeologists and anthropologists use scientific methods like carbon dating to analyze artifacts and remains to learn how early humans lived. Historians rely on written records to carefully study evidence and reconstruct the past by determining the causes and effects of events. Together, these fields add to our understanding of human civilization and history.