文化人类学与社会学的关系很密切，被称为姊妹学科。它们是既有联系又有区别的两个社科群。人类学（Ａｎｔｈｒｏｐｏｌｏｇｙ）是研究人类的体质和社会文化的学科。这个名称是由希腊语中表示“人”的“ａｎｔｈｒｏｐｏｓ”和表示“知识”、“学问”的“ｌｏｇｏｓ”合称的，意思是“研究 Cultural anthropology and sociology are closely related, known as the sister discipline. They are both social science groups that are both connected and distinct. Anthropology is a discipline that studies the physical and socio-cultural aspects of human beings. This name is a combination of ”anthropos“ in Greek for ”human“ and ”logos“ in ”scientific knowledge“ for ”knowledge“ and ”learning“ for ”research"