Anthropology is the scientific study of people, society, and culture. + anthropologist anthropologists an·thro·polo·gist an anthropologist who had been in China for three years. the scientific study of people, their societies, cultures etc ethnology, sociology sociology. The "study of humanity. " Anthropologists study human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species. Because of the diverse subject matter it encompasses, anthropology has become, especially since the middle of the 20th century, a collection of more specialized fields. Physical anthropology is the branch that concentrates on the biology and evolution of humanity. The branches that study the social and cultural constructions of human groups are variously recognized as belonging to cultural anthropology (or ethnology), social anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and psychological anthropology. Archaeology, as the method of investigation of prehistoric cultures, has been an integral part of anthropology since it became a self-conscious discipline in the latter half of the 19th century. cultural anthropology philosophical anthropology physical anthropology
That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God