The division of anthropology is quite confusing. Different regions and anthropologists have different views. Traditionally, anthropology is mainly divided into cultural anthropology and physical anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the name of the United States, while social anthropology is the name of Britain. Some people call them socio-cultural anthropology.

Cultural anthropology traditionally includes:

archaeology

linguistics

ethnics

Religious studies

But these disciplines are relatively independent in some countries (such as China). There are also some interdisciplinary subjects related to cultural anthropology:

anthropology

economic anthropology

Political Anthropology —— The Interdisciplinary Discipline of Politics and Anthropology

Psychoanthropology —— A Cross-discipline of Psychology and Anthropology

Human settlement environment-an interdisciplinary subject of architecture, geography, sociology and anthropology

religious anthropology

Artistic anthropology

Physique anthropology (or anthropology) traditionally includes:

Human morphology

anthropogeny

Members of ethnic minorities

Anthropology-Describe human physical characteristics through measurement and observation.

Paleoanthropology-An Interdisciplinary Study of Human Evolution, Physical Anthropology and Comparative Anatomy

Some scholars believe that anthropology has four branches, besides cultural anthropology and physical anthropology, there are also

Archaeological Anthropology —— Studying the development and changes of culture from the perspective of archaeology

Anthropology-also known as linguistic anthropology, linguistics and cultural anthropology-is also the main branch of anthropology. Mainly explain the relationship between culture, language and thinking.

In addition, the center of cultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology and linguistic anthropology is the concept of culture, the attribute of human beings and the concept of culture.