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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology

Volume  5, Issue 2, July-Dec 2019, Pages 79-83
 

Review Article

An Introduction to Anthropology: Meaning and Scope

Vinod Siyag

Assistant Professor, Department of Yoga and Science of Living, Jain Vishav Bharti Institute, Ladnun, Rajasthan 341306, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.5219.5

Abstract

Anthropology may be considered as a recipe of arts and science in equal proportion. It is an adolescent branch of science that’s why bulk of science community is not properly familiar with this. At present anthropology is the only branch of science, which deals with the man and his work including his physical, cultural and social activities as whole. It is concerned with human species and behavior in all adolescent from emergence to present study with evolutionary phases. Anthropology never concerned with particular person as such but it focus on men in “group”, with races and peoples and their work and emotions. So anthropology may be defined briefly as the “science of group of men”. Anthropology has two main branches Physical Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology. The physical anthropologists study only Homo sapiens out of the wide range of living organisms. By making comparative study on different group of human and his near relatives known as primates, the physical anthropologist classify the man’s position in animal kingdom. Cultural Anthropology deals with learned behavioral characteristics of the past, present and future of human societies. Now, the main fields of studies under Cultural Anthropology are: Prehistoric archaeology, ethnology and ethno-linguistics. The human beings are the ruler of this planet at present due to his wisdom, intellectual ability and communication skills. With the help of anthropological studies that is actually the past and present experience we can able to make proper adaptation and acclimatization with the community, nature and environment that leads to our bright and better future otherwise we will also extinct from the earth as like many other species. To save our long lasting existence development of anthropology at its full swing is mandatory for us.


Keywords : Civilization; Evolution; Paleontology; Stratigraphy; Radio-carbon dating, Prehistoric Archaeology; Swots; linguistics; Neoliberalism.
Corresponding Author : Vinod Siyag