2. SOCIAL
SCIENCE
Studies the society and the
manner which people behave
and influence the world around
us.
Its goal is to answer different
questions and find solutions to
problems of the society to
improve human condition
despite cultural, social and
political differences.
3. FIELDS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
HISTORY ECONOMICS ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
POLITICAL
SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
5. ANTHROPOLOGY
• The holistic “science of man”, a science of the totality of human existence.
• a branch of sociology that describes human, human behavior and human societies around the world.
It is a comparative science that examines all societies.
• The term anthropology comes from Latin world ‘Anthropos’ means man or human and ‘logos’
means science or study. So, the term anthropology means scientific study of man or human
beings.
6. OTHER
DEFINITIONS
FROM
ANTHROPOLOGIS
TS
“Anthropology the study of human
kind everywhere, throughout time,
seeks to produce useful generations
about people and their behavior and
to arrive at the fullest possible
understanding of human diversity”
(Havilland, W. A.1975)
“Anthropology is the study of people
and all the things they do, think, say
and make" (Gwynne and Hicks,
1994).
7. OTHER
DEFINITIONS
FROM
ANTHROPOLOGIS
TS
“Anthropology can be defined as “the
study of people – their origins, their
development, and contemporary
variations, wherever and whenever they
have been found on the fact of the earth”
(Ember, Ember, and peregrine, 2010
“Anthropology is the study of human
beings, divided into the branches of
biologically oriented, physical
anthropology and social oriented, social
anthropology” (Jary and Jary, 2005).
10. ARCHAELOGY
• Examines the remains
of ancient and
historical human
populations to promote
an understanding of
how humans adapted
to their environment
and developed.
11. BIOLOGICAL
ANTHROPOLOGY
Looks into
the
Biological
Developmen
t of Humans
and their
contemporar
y variation.
Biological anthropology is the study of
human origins, evolution, and variation.
Some biological anthropologists focus on
our closest living relatives, monkeys and
apes.
Biological anthropologists who study
ancient human relatives are
called paleoanthropologists.
Field of palaeoanthropology changes
rapidly as fossil discoveries and refined
dating techniques offer new clues into
our past.
14. AREAS OF
STUDY UNDER
LINGUISTIC
ANTHROPOLO
GY
Linguistic anthropology is the study of languages, ancient and
modern written form, talking style etc. it divided into three part
those are given below:
Historical linguistic: Historical linguistic may also deals with the
history of the language. The process of finding historical linguistic
is called ‘Diachronomical’. It deals with such factors: Words living
language, Dead language.
Socio linguistics: The study of how language is used in social
context and it is acceptable by everybody.
Descriptive structural: It incorporates how contemporary
languages differ specially in their construction. Ex: sounds,
grammar meaning.
19. QUESTIONS TO
BE PONDERED
WITH
Why is it important for us to
study Social Science?
What relevance does the
investigation of the remains
of historical people would
bring us in today’s
generation?
Do you think studying
Anthropology could better
our culture in general? Why?
