Health Information Systems Project in Andhra Pradesh-Experiences from phcs in Kuppam

Why anthropologists are interested in studying cultures?

• ‘Curiosity’
• We all "do" anthropology because curiosity is a universal human trait.
• We are curious about ourselves and about other people, the living as well as the dead, here and around the globe

Anthropological questions asked by all

• Do all societies have marriage customs?
• Do all cultures have different ways of greetings and food habits?
• As a species, are human beings innately violent or peaceful?
• Did the earliest humans have light or dark skins?
• When did people first begin speaking a language?
• How related are humans, monkeys and chimpanzees?
• Is Homo sapiens' brain still evolving?