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   Sociology of culture

   Anthropology studies the human and usually by studying ancient civilizations they get their ideas. ... Culture, just like society, has existed since the beginning of humanity (humans being social and cultural).
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   Anthropological linguistics

   This strongly overlaps the field of linguistic anthropology, which is the branch of anthropology that studies humans through the languages that they use.
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   Anthropology

   His comparative studies, most influentially in the numerous editions of The Golden Bough, analyzed similarities in religious belief and symbolism worldwide. ... Environmental or ecological anthropology, a growing subfield concerned with the relationships between humans and their environment, is another example that brings cultural and biological—and at times, archaeological—approaches together, as it can deal with a broad range of topics from environmentalist movements to wildlife or habitat conservation to traditional ecological knowledge and practices.
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   Human

   Current genetic studies have demonstrated that humans on the African continent are most genetically diverse. ... Biennial Review of Anthropology, Vol. 4, 1965. pp. 1–39.
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   Historical ecology

   The study of infectious disease requires a holistic approach, using knowledge from the fields of history, biology, geography, population dynamics and anthropology. Studies of human disease have shown the reciprocal relationship between humans and parasites.
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   Race (classification of human beings)

   Thirdly they distance themselves from the language of race, and do not use the term "race" in any of their publications: "The arguments about the existence or nonexistence of 'biological races' in the absence of a specific context are largely orthogonal to the question of scientific utility, and they should not obscure the fact that, ultimately, the primary goals for studies of genetic variation in humans are to make inferences about human evolutionary history, human biology, and the genetic causes of disease." ... ↑ "'Race'—Still an Issue for Physical Anthropology?
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   Human evolution

   This hypothesis is supported in part, because the modern humans who live on Flores, the island where the skeleton was found, are pygmies. ... Anthropology
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   Neanderthal

   Mitochondrial DNA studies of a Neanderthal specimen revealed modern humans and Neanderthals last shared a common ancestor circa 600kya. ... Physical anthropology
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   Molecular anthropology

   X-linked Studies ... That molecular phylogenetics could compete with comparative anthropology for determining the proximity of species to humans.
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    Franz Boas

    In fact, Darwin argued that chimpanzees and humans are equally evolved. ... Critique of Anthropology Vol 14(2):199-217.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Sociology of culture,
• Anthropological linguistics,
• Anthropology,
• Human,
• Historical ecology,
• Race (classification of human beings),
• Human evolution,
• Neanderthal,
• Molecular anthropology,
• Franz Boas