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the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
the study of human beings’ similarity to and divergence from other animals.
the science of humans and their works.
Also called philosophical anthropology. the study of the nature and essence of humankind.
Historical Examples

anthropologically they belonged, like the Tunguses, to the Mongol race.
A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] Wolfram Eberhard

He was not legally a criminal, but, as Lombroso remarks, he was so anthropologically.
The Criminal Havelock Ellis

Yet anthropologically speaking the tie between the two is as strongly marked as the contrast of character.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe Margaret Alice Murray

It’s true psychologically, and anthropologically, and palæethnologically; and that does to start with.
The Treasure of the Isle of Mist W. W. Tarn

These people are, anthropologically as well as proverbially, narrow-chested and deficient in lung capacity.
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, December 1898 Various

anthropologically interesting as are the results of the excavations at Umm el-Gra’ab, they are no less historically important.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery L.W. King and H.R. Hall

anthropologically they differ markedly from the later Celtic invaders.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe John M. Tyler

It is also the anthropologically normal attitude (as we may see in statuary).
Pedagogical Anthropology Maria Montessori

anthropologically, these little boats in which to send the souls home have a rare interest.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 2 Elizabeth Bisland

Just as no two are anthropologically alike, so we may believe that no two are alike or equal in societal value.
Folkways William Graham Sumner

noun
the study of humans, their origins, physical characteristics, institutions, religious beliefs, social relationships, etc See also cultural anthropology, ethnology, physical anthropology, social anthropology
n.

“science of the natural history of man,” 1590s, originally especially of the relation between physiology and psychology, from Modern Latin anthropologia or coined independently in English from anthropo- + -logy. In Aristotle, anthropologos is used literally, as “speaking of man.”

anthropology an·thro·pol·o·gy (ān’thrə-pŏl’ə-jē)
n.
The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.
an’thro·pol’o·gist n.
anthropology
(ān’thrə-pŏl’ə-jē)
The scientific study of humans, especially of their origin, their behavior, and their physical, social, and cultural development.

The scientific study of the origin, development, and varieties of human beings and their societies, particularly so-called primitive societies.