INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL

FOUNDATIONS

ANTHROPOLOGY
Is the combination of the Greek word´anth
ropeµ which means manand the´logyµ meani
ng science. Hence,anthropology is the science of
man. According to the American collegedicti
onary is defined as the science of man that treats
of the origin of man,development(physical, intellect
ual,moral etc,) of man.

ANTHROPOLOGY
Jacob stern also defined anthropology as t
he scientific study of the physical,social, and cultur
al development andbehavior of human beings sinc
e theirappearance on earth.

MAN
is considered as the highest form of
animals.
BIOLOGICAL
Man walks erect on two feet. Otherswalks
on four feet and their bodies arehorizontal towards
the ground. M a n h a s t w o f r e e h a n d s u s e d
f o r handling things. M a n h a s a m o r e c o m p l
e x b r a i n t h a n animals.

DIVISIONSOFANTHROPOLOGY

PHYSICALANTHROPOLOGY
This deals with the study of man as aprod
uct of evolution. It is concernedwith man·s bodily st
ructures andstudies and analyzes humanpopulDIV
ISIO

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
I t d e a l s w i t h t h e s t u d y o f m a n · s behavior
and his habits, practices,beliefs, etc.
SUB DIVISIONS OF CULTURAL
ANTHROPOLOGY

ARCHEOLOGY
This deals with the study of ancientculture
s, based on documents,paintings, stones, carvings
, etc. It is the study of the antiquity through
excavation and description of remains.Through dig
ging fossils remains, age of man has been establis
hed

ETHNOLOGY
T h i s t h e s t u d y o f s u b d i v i s i o n s o f mankin
d, their origins, practices,relations, institutions, etc.
The five races of mankind are white,black,
red, yellow

LINGUISTICS
This concern man·s language and hisman
ner of communication. It is narrowly defined a
s the scientificapproach to the study of languag
e,but language can be approachedfrom a variety o
f directions, and anumber of other