anthropology
Other forms: anthropologies
Anthropology is the scientific study of the origins of humans, how we have changed over the years, and how we relate to each other, both within our own culture and with people from other cultures.
Anthrōpos is the Greek word for “human being,” and the suffix -logy means “the study of.” The study of human beings, that’s anthropology. Indigenous tribes in Australia, Brazilian coffee farmers, political activists in Iran, a second grade class in Missoula, Montana; these are all groups of people you might study if you were into anthropology. Every culture has its own particular rituals, behaviors, and lifestyles, and people in the field of anthropology document the many varieties of human experience.
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the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beingstypes:archaeology, archeologythe branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their culturesdescriptive anthropology, ethnographythe branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societiesethnologythe branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristicsphysical anthropologythe branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beingscultural anthropology, social anthropologythe branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and societyAssyriologyarcheology of the ancient AssyriansEgyptologyarcheology of ancient Egyptian artifactsSumerologythe archeology of ancient Sumeriansmarine archaeology, marine archeology, underwater archaeology, underwater archeologythe archeology of underwater sitespaleographythe study of ancient forms of writing (and the deciphering of them)palaeopathology, paleopathologythe study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence)palaetiology, paletiologythe explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes)craniometrythe branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft partsgarbologythe study of a society by analyzing its garbagemythologythe study of mythsritualismthe study of religious or magical rites and ceremoniestype of:social sciencethe branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
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Derived from the Greek suffix -logia, the suffix -ology in English means "the science of or the study of."
Loosely based on the author, the narrator sets out to write a book about his experiences during World War II, but ends up telling about Billy Pilgrim, a soldier who gets "unstuck in time" and travels throughout moments of his life both on Earth and the planet Tralfamadore.