Anthropology
From Conservapedia
Anthropology is a social science that studies humans from the perspective of their culture. This is different from disciplines such as psychology, which uses the perspective of personality and cognition; or biology, which focuses on the body. Anthropology studies the whole of the human condition: past, present, and future; biology, society, language and culture.
American Anthropology is usually divided into four separate disciplines, which overlap each other to varying degrees. Most European schools do not place archaeology in the anthropology field.
Cultural anthropology is the study of human society and culture. Methods of research take a wide variety of forms, ranging from living among cultural groups to digging through American trash cans. Cultural anthropologists are currently in great demand by international corporations and the American Armed Forces. Recently, many ethnographers are working in their own societies, studying social interaction among immigrant workers, the societies of homeless people, and the lives of Wall Street investors.
Archaeology studies the material remains of cultures. There are many subfields within archaeology. Most archaeologists are involved in academia, studying a specific culture or cultural area's past. There are also many applied archaeologists who work for contractor companies or the government to preserve archaeological sites around the world.
Linguistic anthropology studies languages and their development. This is a relatively new field.
Physical anthropology studies primates—apes, monkeys, human variation etc. In many ways it is more akin to biology than to traditional anthropology. Much of its focus is on the musculature, skeletal structure, and neurology of primates. Included in this field is forensic and medical anthropology. Forensic anthropology is using knowledge of bone structure, growth and taphonomy to aid in criminal investigations. Medical anthropology is the study of health care systems and disease history.
