Anthropology is the study of what makes us human and helps us further understand each other in a way for us to continue to coexist in the world. American anthropology is generally divided into four main sub fields that each serve an important purpose. They have different skills involved but have some similarities to them. Anthropologists take a far-reaching approach to comprehending the many altered aspects of the human experience, which we call holism. Through archaeologic anthropology, they recover artifacts that analyze and depict what human groups used in the past and what was essential for them. Through biological anthropology we’re able to consider what makes up our bodies and genetics, as well as our bones, diet, and health. Sociocultural anthropologists discover how people in different areas live and recognize the world around them. Linguistic archaeologists, as discussed in class, focus on the language in its social and cultural context across space and time. In the comparative perspective, the attempt to explain both the similarities and differences among people in the context of humanity as a whole. Anthropology pursues to find the principles prevailing over human behavior that are relevant to all human communities, not just to a select scarce number of them. As said in the one of the videos in the film review.
