Because of its broad scope, anthropology provides an appreciation of the relationships among the environment, biology, and culture through time. It is a forum for a unique bridging and bonding of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. The range of cultural expression studied in anthropology includes prehistoric, traditional, developing, and industrialized societies. There are three approaches to the study of the field. Cultural anthropology seeks to understand the way people live in varied societal systems or cultures around the world.
Archaeology is concerned with understanding societies that existed in the past.
Archaeologists locate, excavate, and interpret the artifacts of societies from prehistoric to recent times. Physical anthropology deals with human evolution and biosocial variation. Physical anthropologists study the human fossil record, palaeoenvironments, and nonhuman primates such as apes and monkeys. Physical anthropologists also research the behavioral and biological adaptations of living human populations. Each January our professor Dr. Judith Johnston leads a tour of India for all interested adults and students.