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  • Social Science is the study of human behavior
  • Natural Science deals with the physical world
  • Life or Biological Science focuses on living organisms
  • Physical Science studies natural objects
  • Humanities is the study of human beings
  • Wilkins in 1979 defined Social Science as the study of all complex masses
  • Plato - Human nature or soul is a reflection of society
  • Aristotle's focus was on government
  • Herodotus observed that different cultures can converge or diverge
  • Al-Biruni documented lives in the Middle East
  • Ibn-Khaldun is a key founder of demography
  • Anthropology is the study of humankind
  • Physical Anthropology focuses on the biological origins of humans
  • Cultural Anthropology involves comparative analysis of cultures
  • Archaeological Anthropology studies human culture through remains
  • Linguistic Anthropology focuses on language
  • Franz Boas is considered the father of modern anthropology
  • Herodotus is known as the father of history