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Sociology History of anthropology Outline of anthropology Category:Anthropologists v · d · e Anthropology is the study of humanity. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences.1 The term was first used by François Péron when discussing his encounters with Tasmanian Aborigines.2 Ethnography is both one of its primary methods and the text that is written in the practice of anthropology and its elements. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to anthropology: Contents 1 Fields of anthropology 2 History of anthropology 3 General anthropology concepts 4 Methods and frameworks 5 Anthropology scholars 6 Anthropology organizations 7 Anthropology lists 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Fields of anthropology Biological anthropology Cultural anthropology Archaeology Linguistic anthropology Social anthropology Subfields and other areas Anthropology of religion Anthropometrics Biocultural anthropology Cognitive anthropology Ecological anthropology Economic anthropology Forensic anthropology Media anthropology Medical anthropology Paleoanthropology Political anthropology Psychological anthropology Urban anthropology Visual anthropology History of anthropology Main article: History of anthropology General anthropology concepts Anthropological theories of value Culture Society Kinship and descent Marriage and family Evolution Material culture Race and ethnicity Globalization and postcolonialism Gender Socialization Methods and frameworks Applied anthropology Ethnography Participant observation Qualitative methods Cultural relativism Holism Anthropology scholars Main category: Anthropologists. Ruth Benedict Franz Boas Jared Diamond Claude Lévi-Strauss Margaret Mead Eric Wolf Anthropology organizations Main category: Anthropology organizations. American Anthropological Association American Ethnological Society Moving Anthropology Student Network Anthropological Society of London Center for World Indigenous Studies Ethnological Society of London Institute of Anthropology and Ethnography Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Network of Concerned Anthropologists N. N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Society for anthropological sciences Society for Applied Anthropology USC Center for Visual Anthropology Anthropology lists List of members of the National Academy of Sciences (Anthropology) List of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology List of visual anthropology films See also Anthropology portal Anthropological Index Online (AIO) Anthrozoology Ethnology Folklore Human evolution Intangible Cultural Heritage Legal anthropology Madison Grant Memetics Philosophical anthropology Prehistoric medicine Sociology Systems theory in anthropology Theological anthropology – which is not part of anthropology but a subfield of theology Periodic Table of Human Sciences / Anthropology in Tinbergen's four questions References ^ Wolf, Eric (1994) Perilous Ideas: Race, Culture, People. Current Anthropology 35: 1-7. p.227 ^ Flannery, T.F. (1994) The Future Eaters: An ecological history of the Australasian lands and people Chatswood: New South Wales ISBN 0802139434 External links Find more about Anthropology on Wikipedia's sister projects: Definitions from Wiktionary Images and media from Commons Learning resources from Wikiversity News stories from Wikinews Quotations from Wikiquote Source texts from Wikisource Textbooks from Wikibooks American Anthropological Association (AAA): What is Anthropology? National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA): The Profession of Anthropology v · d · eOutlines General reference · Culture and the arts · Geography and places · Health and fitness · History and events · Mathematics and logic · Natural and physical sciences · People and self · Philosophy and thinking · Religion and belief systems · Society and social sciences · Technology and applied sciences