Anthropological

Foundations
Prepared by:
Nerissa D. Domingo
MAEd 1

Reference:
Anthropological Foundations

1 Anthropology

2 Divisions of Anthropology

3 Relation of Anthropology to other Sciences

4 Educational Implications of Anthropology

What is Anthropology?

• Anthropology was derived from the Greek

word anthrope meaning man and logy
meaning science.
• Literal meaning of anthropology then is
science of man.
• It is the study of mankind.
• Dictionary defines anthropology as the
science that treats the origin, development,
and especially the cultural development,
customs, beliefs, etc. of man
What is Anthropology?

• Herskovitz defines anthropology

as “the science of man and his works.”
• According to Jacobs and Stern,
anthropology is the scientific study of
physical, social and cultural
development and behavior of human
beings since their appearance on earth.
Man is a unique animal kingdom because:

He has more
He
He uses complex
walks
his handserect brain
for handling
Man is a unique animal kingdom because:

• He is also unique in the field of behavior for

the following reasons:
 He possesses tools and other material artifacts.
 He has complex techniques for getting and
preparing food.
 He has social and political organization
 He has a system of religious beliefs and rituals
 He communicates by means of languange.
 Divisions of Anthropology
Anthropology may be classified as
physical and cultural.
PHYSICAL- deals with the study of man
as product of the evolutionary
process. It is concerned with man’s
bodily structures.
CULTURAL- deals with man’s behavior
and with the ways human beings carry
out the activities of daily living.
 Divisions of Anthropology
The diversity of human
behavior is seen in: food
habits, ways food is cooked,
habits of dress and
ornaments and relations
with in laws.
Cultural anthropology sub-divisions:

ARCHEOLOGY
• Deals with ancient cultures and past phases of modern
civilization based on documents, paintings, stone carvings,
etc.
In Geology, these eras are:
• Archezoic-when primitive forms of life appeared.
• Protozoic-when early life forms increased.
• Paleozoic-when fish, amphibians and other amphibians appeared.
• Mesozoic-when huge reptiles predominated.
Cenozoic Era:
• Tertiary or age of Mammals
• Halocene Period
Cultural anthropology sub-divisions:

ETHNOLOGY
• Treats of and describe cultures and
explains similarities and differences
• Deals with the sub-divisions of mankind,
their origins, relations, speech,
institutions, etc.
Cultural anthropology sub-divisions:

LINGUISTICS
• Concerned with man’s language, a non-
literate or literate, past and present.
Descriptive linguistics
• Deals with the classification, arrangement and
study of the features of language .
Comparative or Historical Linguistics
• Takes up the changes in language, the borrowings
from other languages, and the comparison of
languages.
SUB-DIVISIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
RELATION OF ANTHROPOLOGY TO OTHER SCIENCES

Physical Anthropology is related to

the biological sciences-anatomy,
physiology, embryology and genetics.
Social anthropology is related to
sociology, psychology, geography,
economics, and political sciences.
Cultural anthropology is related to
humanistic disciplines, such as history,
literature, art, and music.
 EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• It allows people to study how humans and

other organisms react to certain
environments.
• It gives us insight in how things work, live
and coexist.
• Through anthropology, we can determine
how things were made, live and react to
different scenarios and how different texts
and our perception of ideas change us.
 EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF ANTHROPOLOGY

• It also help us to study the changes that

happen upon nature or from ourselves or
from other organisms.
• Along with this it shows us a great deal how
much more advanced we are to become.
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