This document outlines the fundamental aspects of anthropology, detailing its definition as the study of humankind and its goals, which include understanding human evolution and cultural diversity. It describes the components of society, culture, and the three main sub-fields of anthropology: sociocultural, biological, and archaeology. The document also emphasizes the importance of analyzing cultural change and applying anthropological knowledge to contemporary human behavior.

1. Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics

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A n t h r o p o l o g y

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C u l t u r e

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S o c i e t y

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E v o l u t i o n

10. The Nature, Goals and
Perspective of
Anthropology
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Nature
of
ANTHROPOLOGY
• “Anthropos” means
“humankind”
• “Logos” means “study”
• Anthropology is the study
of humankind.
• It is the study of
people throughout the
world, their
evolutionary history,
how they behave,
adapt to different

12. Society Evolution
Culture
ANTHROPOLOGY
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Society
•which consist of people who interact in a
define territory and share a culture.
•Is the largest and most complex group
that sociologist study.
•Sociologist is an expert on or student of
the development, structure and
functioning of human society

14. Culture
◎ Refers to the ways of life
learned and shared by people
in social groups.
◎ It differs from the simpler,
inborn types of thinking and
behavior and governs the life
of many animals
◎ The people in human society
generally share common
cultural patterns
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15. Evolution
◎ What we see today is different
from what existed in the past.
◎ Evolution is the change in
heritable characteristics of
biological populations over
successive generations.
◎ Darwin defined evolution as
“descent with modification,” the
idea that species change over
time, give rise to new species,
and share a common ancestor.
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16. Goals of
Anthropology
•Anthropology aimed to
understand our
evolutionary origin, our
distinctiveness as a
species, and the great
diversity in our forms of
social existence across
the world and through
time.
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17. Goals of
Anthropology
providing a deep
understanding of humans,
both past and present
analyzing and organizing
the knowledge gained and
making it accessible
engaging in the practical
application of anthropology
to various areas of
contemporary human
behavior.
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18. ◎ Content and variation
of particular culture
◎ Cultural change and
social transformation
◎ Material remains of
present and past
cultural systems.
◎ Archaeology is the
study of the ancient
and recent human
past through
material remains.
◎ Archaeologists might
study the million-year-
old fossils of our
earliest human
ancestors in Africa. Or
they might study
20th-century
buildings in present-
day New York City.
3 Sub-Fields of Anthropology
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Sociocultural
Anthropology
Biological Anthropology
Archaeology

19. ◎ Sociocultural anthropology
is the study of human
individuals and societies,
their behaviors and beliefs,
and everything about
human culture.
◎ Aspects of human evolutionary biology
◎ Biological anthropology deals with the
evolution of humans, their variability, and
adaptations to environmental stresses.
3 Sub-Fields of Anthropology
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Biological Anthropology

20. 1. What we see in the past is the same in what we see in
the present.
2. The key strength of anthropology as a discipline of
social science is its holistic to the study of humans.
3. Anthropology is the study of people throughout the
world, their evolutionary history, how they behave,
adapt to different environments, communicate and
socialize with one another.
True or False
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4. Sociologist is an expert on or student of
the development, structure and
functioning of human society.
5. There are 5 key concept of
anthropology and that is biological,
society, culture, archeologist and