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ANTHROPOLOGY

WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
STUDY OF ''BEING HUMAN"
-HOW DID WE BECOME WHO WE ARE TODAY?
-WHAT IS OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD?
-WHERE ARE WE HEADED?
ANG ANTROPOLOHIYA AY ANG PAG-AARAL NG MGA TAO AT ANG MGA ANTROPOLOGO AY INTERESADO SA MGA KUNG ANO ANG IBIG SABIHIN NG PAGIGING TAO KUNG ANO ANG NAG PAPAIBA SA ATIN AT KUNG ANO ANG MAYROON TAYO SA PAREHONG BIYOLOHIKAL AT KULTURA AT BILANG ANG TANGING NABUBUHAY NA BAGAY NA MAY KAKAYAHANG PAG-AARAL ANG ATING SARILI, ANG MGA ANTROPOLOGO AY NAG TATANONG NG ILANG MGA PANGUNAHING KATANUNGAN TUNGKOL SA ATING PAG-IRAL BILANG TAO KUNG PAANO TAYO NAGING KUNG SINO TAYO NGAYON KUNG ANO ANG ATING LUGAR SA MUNDO AT SAAN TAYO PATUNGO.

GOALS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
- TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THE HUMAN SPECIES UNIQUE
-TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
-TO ACKNOWLEDGE & CELEBRATE THE BIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY
OF HUMANS (I.E HUMAN VARIATION)
UPANG TUMULONG NA GABAYAN ANG ANTROPOLOHIKAL NA PANANALIKSIK MAYROON TAYONG ISANG HANAY NG MGA PANGKALAHATANG LAYUNIN NA KINABIBILANGAN NG PAG-UNAWA KUNG BAKIT KAKAIBA ANG URI NG TAO SA PAG-UNAWA SA LAHAT NG MGA PUWERSA NA HUMUHUBOG SA ATING KARANASAN SA PAGIGING TAO AT NAGSUSULONG NG KAMALAYAN SA BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY NG MGA TAO.

THE FIVE FIELDS
BIOLOGICAL/PHYSICAL ANTHOROPOLOGY
-HOW BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES HAVE SHAPED HUMANS
THROUGH TIME.
CULTURAL ANTHOROPOLOGY
-FOCUS ON BEHAVIOR IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE.
ARCHAEOLOGY
-STUDY OF PAST HUMAN CULTURES BY INVESTIGATING
MATERIAL REMAINS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
LINGUISTICS
-HOW LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DEVELOP
AND CHANGE.
APPLIED ANTHOROPOLGY
-APPLYING ANTHOROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE TO HELP SOLVE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
''CAN ANTHOROPOLOGY IN THE 21st Century BE ANYTHING
EXCEPT APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY.

BIOLOGICAL ANTHOROPOLOGY
FOCUS ON BIO=CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF HUMANS
-AS A BIOLOGICAL SPECIES, BUT WITH THE INFLUENCE OF
CULTURE.
GENITICS/MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
FOUNDATION OF EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE 
-HOW GENETIC VARIATION OCCURS & WHY IT IS IMPORTANT IN
CONTEXT OF NATURAL SELECTION.
-INHERITANCE OF TRAITS FROM PARENTS TO OFFSPRING.
-HOW GENES WORK; STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION.
-EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS.
PRIMATOLOGY
STUDY OF THE ANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR OF NON-HUMAN
PRIMATES (APES, MONKEYS, AND PRIMITIVE PRIMATES)
-USE FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO SHED LIGHT ON HUMAN
BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
STUDY OF HUMAN EVOLUTION THROUGH HUMAN FOSSIL RECORD
OSTEOLOGY.
STUDY OF THE SKELETON
-WHAT ANATOMICAL FEATURES MEAN IN TERMS OF BEHAVIOR
AND EVOLUTION.

WHAT IS DOES ANTHROPOLOGY OFFER?
*A TOOL KIT FOR UNDERSTANDING HUMANS
*A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE
*AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

WHY STUDY HUMANS?
WE ARE PART OF NATURE
-SUBJECT TO SAME NATURAL, BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES AS ALL
OTHER LIVING THINGS
WE ARE SHAPING NATURE
-PLANTED, PAVED, GRAZED, AND BUILT ON EARTH'S SURFACE.
-OUR ACTIVITIES HAVE CREATED MAJOR CHANGES IN THE SOIL,
THE OCEANS AND THE ATMOSPHERE.

BY KNOWING WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND HOW WE GOT HERE, WE CAM SHAPE WHERE WE ARE GOING.

TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN SO THAT WE CAN BE BETTER HUMANS.