• The definition of Anthropology
• Historical Background of Anthropology
• The nature and scope of Anthropology
• Social Anthropology
• The relation of Anthropology to other disciplines
• Anthropological study of the simple/ primitive societies
• The study of mankind as a whole
• The application of Anthropology

• Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
• Defining the features of culture
• Cultural history of the old world
• The main level of cultural growth
• Evolution of culture
• Anthropological usages of the term culture
• Man and culture
• The relation of culture to society
• The unity and diversity in culture
• Ethnic groups of Myanmar

• Anthropology Today
• What Anthropologists do?
• Anthropology as social science
• Ethical code of Anthropologists
• The holistic approach of Anthropology
• Difficulties of Scientific approach

• Components of culture
• Defining features of culture
• Some assumptions about culture
• Culture and subcultures
• The relation of habit to culture
• The relation of habitat and technology to material culture
• The evolution cultural behavior
• The relation of personality to culture
• Ethnic groups of Myanmar

• Physical Anthropology or Biological Anthropology
• Sub-field of Physical Anthropology
• Method of measurements in Physical Anthropology
• Darwin’s theory of evolution
• The origin of species
• Natural selection
• Mendel’s experiment
• The classification of man
• Methods of classification

-homologous and Analogous traits

-Primitive and derived traits

• The vertebrates and their characteristics
• The mammals
• Mammalian evolution and primate origins

• The definition of fossilization and the principles of paleontology
• Primate paleontology

(a) Pliopithecus

(b) Proconsul

(c) Dryopithecus

(d) Oreopithecus

(e) Ramapithecus

(f) Amphipithecus

• The definition of Archaeological Anthropology
• The scope and aim of Archaeological anthropology
• Ways of Findings
• Excavation Methods
• Methods of Dating
• Prehistoric Sites in Myanmar
• Proto-historic Sites in Myanmar
• Historic Sites in Myanmar

• The definition of Applied Anthropology
• The Ethic and Responsibilities of the Applied Anthropology
• Applied Anthropology and the Subdisciplines
• Ethnography in Applied Anthropology
• The Roles of Applied Anthropologists in Planned Change
• Medical Anthropology
• Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, and Human Rights
• Fieldwork and Its Uses
• Difficulties of Instituting Planned Change

1. -Target Population

• Discovering and Utilizing Local Channels of Influence

• Primate origins
• -Continental drift and primate evolution
• Primates traits
• Types of primates
• Trends in hominid evolution

1. -Bipedalism
2. -Expansion of the brain
3. -Reduction of the Face, Teeth and Jaw

• The first Hominid
• The emergence of modern human
• Theories about the origins of modern human

• Human palaeontology

(a) Australopithecine

(b) Homo habilis

(c) Homo erectus

(d) Heidelberg Man

(e) Cro-Magnon Man

(f) Neanderthalensis

(g) Rhodesian Man

(h) Homo sapiens

(i) Homo sapiens sapiens

• The History of Archaeological Anthropology
• The Nature of Archaeological Evidence and its limitation
• The Classification of Archaeological Materials
• Prehistoric Sites in Myanmar
• Proto-historic Sites in Myanmar
• Historic Sites in Myanmar

• The role of Applied Anthropologists
• Applied Anthropology in the study of Ethnography
• The problem of the Ethnocentrism
• Stone tools for modern surgeons
• Dealing with infant mortality
• Applied Anthropology in agricultural development
• Protecting cultural heritage
• Anthropology and the world of business
• Discovery and utilizing local channels of influence
• Applied Anthropology and culture change