Anthropology

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Anthropology is the study o human beins. (In Greek "Anthropos-" means "human", an "-logy" means the "study o"). Anthropology is a social science that helps us learn whit for groups o fowk is the same, an whit wey they are different in aw pairts o the warld. Anthropologists daes research in mony airts an leuks at whit weys fowk leeves the nou an whit weys they micht hae leeved in the bygane (uisin the study o Airchaeology). They research in modren ceeties, wee clachans clans, an in landwart airts. They study whit wey thir groups o fowk conseeders time, space, life, etc.

There's mony kynds o anthropology, sic as medical anthropology, urban anthropology, etc., but the fower basic kynds is:

  • Airchaeology - The study o things fowk lea's ahint, like pig, stane tuils, or ocht made or uised by humans.
  • Pheesical Anthropology - The study o human biology, includin whit wey fowks's bouk haes chynged ower time (evolution). Pheesical anthropologists studies nane-human primates) an aw.
  • Lingueestic Anthropology - The study o whit wey fowk speaks an the wirds they uise an hou their languge developit.
  • Cultural Anthropology - The study o whit wey fowk leeves their lifes nou an whit wey they micht hae leeved in the bygane. It is sib tae sociology an aw.sco:Antropologie