ethnology

/ɛθˈnɑlədʒi/

Ethnology is a science that deals with the study of humans, looking at everything from the question of where we all come from to analyzing data about how we choose to live our lives now.

With roots in the Greek ethnos meaning "people, nation, race" and logia referring to "the study of," ethnology takes into consideration culture, language, religion, race, and social structure. Unlike ethnography, which focuses on a single group, ethnology compares and contrasts more than one culture with the goal of better understand humanity as a whole.

Definitions of ethnology

1. noun

   the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
   type of:

   anthropology

   the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings