what is anthropology
Study of Humankind. The word anthropology itself tells the basic story. From the Greek anthropos (âhumanâ) and logia (âstudyâ), it is the study of humankind, from its beginnings millions of years ago to the present day. Nothing human is alien to anthropology. Indeed, of the many disciplines that study our species, Homo sapiens, only anthropology seeks to understand the whole panoramaâin geographic space and evolutionary timeâof human existence. Though easy to define, anthropology is difficult to describe.