Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anthropology \An`thro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? man + -logy.]
   1. The science of the structure and functions of the human
      body.

   2. The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense
      to mean the study of man as an object of natural history,
      or as an animal.

   3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers
      attribute human parts and passions to God.

Source : WordNet®

anthropology
     n : the social science that studies the origins and social
         relationships of human beings