UCSP MIDTERM

Any branch of academic study or science that deals with human behavior

• the systematic study of humanity, to understand our evolutionary origins, our distinctiveness as a species, and the diversity in our forms of social existence worldwide and through time. 

• This is also called biological anthropology, which studies the biological evolution of man. 

• It also provides explanations for the reason behind the biological variations among the contemporary human population.

investigate and seek to understand the cultural features of the societies under study.

• Seeks to reconstruct the past life of ancient societies, trace the cultural changes that took place and the reasons behind those changes.

• They reconstruct the past using fossil remains of human culture.

• involves the study of language in societies or communities where language may or may not be written. 

• It is also concerned with the emergence of languages, divergence of languages, and the changes of language across time.

• Uses data gathered through observations and interviews with living people. 
  It study marriage, customs, kinship patterns, economic system, and religious rites of cultural groups, and compare it with the way of life of contemporary societies.

It is a social science that focuses on the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, and analyzes the choices that individuals, businesses, governments, and nations make to allocate resources.

• Anything the comes from nature and which gives life and support to all living creatures.

• Refers to any human exerted effort during production process.