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Human beings in all times and places think about their world and wonder at
their place in it.Humans are thoughtful and creative，possessed of insatiable
curiosity.(61)Furthermore，humans have the ability to modify the environment in
which they live，thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas
and fancies.Therefore，it is important to study humans in all their richness and
diversity in a calm and systematic manner，with the hope that the knowledge
resulting from such studies can lead humans to a more harmonious way of living
with themselves and with all other life forms on this planet Earth.
“Anthropology”derives from the Green words anthropos“human”and logos“the
study of”.By its very name，anthropology encompasses the study of all
humankind.
Anthropology is one of the social sciences.(62)Social science is that
branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors
in the same reasoned，orderly，systematic，and dispassioned manner that natural
scientists use for the study of natural phenomena.
Social science disciplines include geography，economics，political
science，psychology，and sociology.Each of thesesoical sciences has a subfield or
specialization which lies particularly close to anthropology.
All the social sciences focus upon the study of humanity.Anthropology is a
fieldstudy oriented discipline which makes extensive use of the comparative
method in analysis.(63)The emphasis on data gathered firsthand，combined with a
crosscultural perspective brought to the analysis of cultures past and
present，makes this study a unique and distinctly important social science.
Anthropological analyses rest heavily upon the concept of culture.Sir
Edward Tylor’s formulation of the concept of culture was one of the great
intellectual achievements of19th century science.(64)Tylor defined culture
as“…that complex whole which includes belief，art，morals，law，custom，and any other
capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”.This insight，so
profound in its simplicity，opened up an entirely new way of perceiving and
understa nding human life.Implicit within Tylor’s definition is the concept that
culture is learned，shared，and patterned behavior.
(65)Thus，the anthropological concept of“culture”，like the concept of“set”in
mathematics，is an abstract concept whichmakes possible immense amounts of
concrete research and understanding.
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