What exactly does an anthropologist do?

Question

what is their job?

Answer 1

Anthropology is the study of humans, anthropologists study human behavior!

Answer 2

Anthropologists are people who study about pre-history.....yea...

Hope that helps you

Answer 3

They eat s**t and sleep,  and do all the other stuff that humans do.

Answer 4

study the past

Answer 5

Here's a link to some information from the American Anthropological Association: http://www.aaanet.org/careersbroch.htm

Anthropologists can study a variety of things. Being the study of humans, it's quite broad. There are four branches of anthropology: 1) cultural: customs, beliefs, ways of life of different groups of people  2) biological: human evolution and physical adaptation to their environment  3) linguistic: language and culture, and 4) archaeology: study of past civilizations through their material remains. I think most people who call themselves anthropologists are professors and do research. People who study anthropology don't necessarily have to be professors, but their job titles probably aren't called "anthopologist."

Answer 6

Studies the history of humans and their culture.

Answer 7

Anthropology is the study of mankind. Depending on your country, there are differences, but in the US there are generally four subfields of anthropology:

1) cultural anthro which generally focuses on living cultures, either foreign or local

2) biological anthro, which can be broken down into the study of primates or other animals to get insight on human development and evolution and physical anthro which often studies our pre-human ancestors

3) archaeology, which focuses on the past, either ancient, prehistoric or much more recent, although in some countries this is considered a subfield of history instead of anthropology

4) linguistics, which examines languages: how do languages develop, how do they spread, how are different languages related, similar, different, etc

Many anthropologists work in academia, teaching during the school year and researching during the summer, but more and more many are going to work for businesses, either as consultants or full time employees. They tend to be good communicators and problem solvers. In the US a lot end up working at least for a period of time in Cultural Resource Management. CRM work involves archaeological surveys, often for areas in development, although sometimes for historic reasons, like Colonial Williamsburg or Jamestown in Virginia.