Essential Outcomes Introduction to Anthropology

A) Anthropology is the study of humans or humanity.

B) The general principles of Anthropology are:
- Global, which refers to the possibility that Anthropologists have of studying diversity of cultures of different parts of the world, not just emphasizing on only one place or one culture. It also means that human beings can be studied and explored from different aspects.
- Comparative, which refers to the way we understand things and factors between us and other cultures by comparisson because it's impossible not to compare when we see diferences between things.
- Empirical, is the way anthropologists support their research or data with the role of experience or sensory perception to understand humanity.
- Holistic, means that we try to connect aspects of a culture to be able to see it as a whole picture.
- Relative, which talks about comparing without putting one compared aspect over another. Instead exploring the various characteristics that make things different from each other and seeing the factors that make those things special.

C) The 4 subfields of Anthropology are:
- Linguistic Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Cultural Anthropology
- Physical Anthropology

D) - Archaeology is the study of human cultures through the analysis and interpretation of remaining objects such as artifacts, architecture, features, etc.
- Linguistic Anthropology refers to the analysis and study of linguistic forms to understand sociocultural processes and behaviors.
- Cultural Anthropology is the study of cultural variation among humans as a holistic study of humanity.
- Physical Anthropology is the study of human evolution, genetics, human adaptability, morphology and fossil records of human evolution.

E) One source from the course material is "Anthropology in the News" to see what kind of projects are anthropologists currently engaged in.