المجلة الجزائرية للأمن والتنمية
Volume 14, Numéro 2, Pages 153-169
2025-07-01

The Contributions Of Physical And Social Anthropology In Enhancing Societies’ Understanding And Restitution

Authors : Bachi Zineddine . Benberkane Saadia . Benfifi Taqiyeddine .

Abstract

The diversity of the anthropological sub-disciplines, which offered for specialists a range array of data about the biological, cultural and social traits of ancient human, has reinforces the ability of researchers to gain insightful understanding about societies. Physical anthropology explores the biological and genetic diversity to retrace the human history and analyze the ecological impacts on population. Simultaneously, social anthropology, as a sub-discipline, significantly contribute in complementing these studies by analyzing the different social structures within the societies, this would shed light on the believe systems of human communities which reflect the social and cultural changes in current societies. This study attempts to integrate these two sub-disciplines, biological and social anthropology with the aid of archaeological remains, in an attempt to reconstruct the different patterns of life and ancient societies.

Keywords

Physical anthropology ; social anthropology ; interdisciplinary studies ; archaeological discoveries ; anthropogenic exhibitions