Anthropology Quiz Prep ProThis article is about anthropology in the 20th and 21st centuries. For earlier development, see History of anthropology. For other uses, see Anthropology (disambiguation).AnthropologyOutlineHistoryTypes[show]Archaeological[show]Biological[show]SocialCultural[show]Linguistic[show]Research framework[show]Key concepts[show]Key theories[show]Lists[show]vteAn anthroplogist with Indigenous people.Anthropology is the scientific study of humans, human behavior and societies in the past and present.[1][2][3] Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour and cultural anthropology[1][2][3] studies cultural meaning, including norms and values. Linguistic anthropology studies how language influences social life. Biological or physical anthropology[1][2][3] studies the biological development of humans.Archaeology, which studies human activity through investigation of physical evidence, is thought of as a branch of anthropology in the United States and Canada, while in Europe, it is viewed as a discipline in its own right or grouped under other related disciplines, such as history.