What Do Anthropologists Do?
Sociocultural Anthropology - Seeks to understand the internal logic of societies through ethnography
Archaeology - Retrieves artifacts from the past and places them in context to understand our history and its relevance for today
Physical Anthropology - Traces our biological origins, evolutionary development, and genetic diversity
Linguistic Anthropology - Seeks to explain the very nature of language and its use by humans
Medical Anthropology - Seeks to better understand factors that influence peoples' health and well being
Forensic Anthropology - Seeks to identify skeletal, or otherwise decomposed, human remains
Business Anthropology - Helps businesses gain a better understanding of their activities and customers
Visual Anthropology - Documents everyday life through filmmaking
Environmental Anthropology - Believes that the well-being of the environment goes hand in hand with the well-being of people
Museum Anthropology - Interprets ethnographic and archaeological collections to the general public