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Anthropology is the study of humankind.
It is both scientific and historical. It is comparative in studying people at all times and places, and it is holistic in studying all aspects of human experience. This holistic approach is best represented in the four fields of American anthropology. Biological or physical anthropology investigates the biological characteristics of humankind. Cultural anthropologists study the ecology, sociology, and ideology of living peoples, usually non-Western European peoples, and the interaction of these three areas of human activity.