Fossils raise questions about human origins.
Anthropology is the study of past and present human societies.
It is one of the most wide-ranging of the academic disciplines. Anthropologists are concerned with the origin, history, and future of our own species, so the field is as diverse as people are. Biological or physical anthropology is concerned with human evolution and variation. Linguistics focuses on language, its history, and its evolution as a way to understand humans and their cultures. Sociocultural anthropology is concerned with analyzing learned behaviors and describing contemporary and historical cultures.