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What scientists study past and present day human beings?

1. Historians - Scientists who study and write, studying written work of the past. 2. Anthropologists - Scientists who study culture of the past and civilization. 3. Archaeologist - Scholars that study the remains within the earth.


What are the four subfields of anthropology and what is the goal of each?

1) Archaeology- this sub-field looks at the material remains of living things in the past. 2) Cultural- also known as ethnologists- they look at and study cultures from around the world. 3) Physical/Biological- This sub-field looks at things such as human evolution, primatology, forensics and anatomy. They look at the "hows" of who we are today. 4) Linguistics- this sub-field looks at human language and its origins.


What are the division of anthropology?

Anthropology is typically divided into four main subfields: cultural anthropology (the study of living cultures and societies), archaeology (the study of past human cultures through material remains), physical/biological anthropology (the study of human biology and evolution), and linguistic anthropology (the study of human languages).


What was the name of the first fertility figurine found from neanderthal time?

The earliest figurines which archaeologists and anthropologists believe depicted fertility gods and goddesses have no names. They belonged to cultures that left no written record and so we can only guess at the intent behind their form based off of more modern statues (by modern I'm including 3-4000 years ago)


What are the functions of an anthropology?

The goals for anthropology research include (1) describing and analyzing the biological evolution of human (2) describing and assessing the cultural development of our species (3) describing, explaining, and analyzing present-day human cultural similarities and differences (4) describing and explaining human biological diversity today.