Question

Anthropology differs from other human sciences through its emphasis on

Answer 1

Anthropology differs from other social sciences due to its trademark holistic nature. While anthropologists do choose specializations, the discipline altogether is very diverse and encompassing and it emphasizes understanding humanity's peculariarities in a universal context.

Cultural anthropology and linguistic anthropology share some techniques with sociology and history. One way that cultural anthropology is unique is that it emphasizes studying the concept of 'the other.' Cultural anthropologists carry out extended fieldwork where they do observations, interviews, and cultural activities to learn about culture; this is called participant observation.

As another example, physical anthropology and archaeology are different from other human social sciences because they work with human remains and use scientific technology such as molecular biology techniques. In some ways, this makes these subfields more closely related to paleontology.