Anthropology

List and explain its major subdivisions
How does Anthropology differ from other disciplines that study humans?

Anthropology is the study of mankind across time in all places of the world. The word derives from the Greeks. The study of mankind everywhere, throughout time. It seeks to produce reliable knowledge about people and their behavior, both about the things they all share in common.
There are major subdivisions. First is physical anthropology, which is the study of evolution of our species and biological aspects of our species. It’s the study of primates and fossils. Also there is applied anthropology which falls under physical. This specializes in the forensic field and the identification of human skeletal remains for legal purposes. Next there is cultural anthropology that deals with humans as a culture-making species. There are several different types of cultural anthropology. One is Linguistics. Linguistics is the study of language. True languages only e...