Anthropology is the scientific study of societies past and present, human actions, and humans. Historians often declare that anthropology as a discipline that originated during the Renaissance. It is believed to have developed from other disciplines, such as archeology, sociology, social and cultural sciences, and history. In 1647, the creators of University of Copenhagen defined the following, anthropology is to say, that the science that treats of man is separated ordinarily with reason into Anatomy, which contemplates the body and the parts, and Psychology, which speaks of the soul.
Modern cultural anthropology has been established as a reaction to the 19th century "ethnology," which is the comparative study of cultures. In the 20th century, anthropologists began observing the social and cultural life of the group being studied. In the present day, ethnography is the leading discipline concerning anthropology. However, many different studies are involved in the research of modern anthropology.