the scientific study of human beings, esp in relation to physical characteristics, social relations and culture, and the origin and distribution of races
Anthropology … tells us that people are the same the whole world over – except when they are different — Nancy Banks-Smith
anthropological /-ʹlojikl/ adj
anthropologically /-ʹlojikli/ adv
anthropologist noun
[modern Latin anthropologia, from anthropo- + -logy]