What is a main branch of anthropology?

Answer 1

Anthropology as being the study of populations of humanity has various applications depending on the context of the study, but it essentially is a Social Science. It belongs to the larger category--The Humanities which includes Philosophy, Psychology, Literature, Sociology, etc. These are in contrast to what are called the 'hard-sciences' ie Mathematics, Chemistry, Cosmology, etc-- these fields are deductively valid. They're self-evident, that is, the value of 2-1 (real numbers) is true in and of itself and doesn't require empirical testing or hypotheses for proof (given that you understand the values of 2, minus, 1, and equals). Anthropology is a rapidly evolving area of study that requires the creation of a narrative (the hypothesis) from immense, and often contradicting data sets. Further, a natural consequence of Anthropological investigation is the competition of theories. The various scientists, belonging to their respective theories, essentially compete for evidence and whoever has the most evidence at the end of the day earns the title of 'Dominant Theory'.

Answer 2

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