Question

Who were two of the most important anthropologists in the development of evolutionism in anthropology?

Answer 1

Answer:

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor & Lewis Henry Morgan.

Explanation:

Anthropology may be defined as the field of science that mainly deals with the study of the human and its behavior. The evolutionary study of human is done in Anthropology.

Burnett Tylor & Lewis Henry Morgan gave the first theory on the anthropology. They explained the impact of the society on the behavior and evolution of organisms. According to them, the development of the society is based on the order of the culture and occurs at different rate. They explain the social evolution in anthropology.

Thus, the answer is Burnett Tylor & Lewis Henry Morgan.

Answer 2

Answer:

Sir Edward Burnett Tylor & Lewis Henry Morgan

Explanation:

Edward Burnett Tylor is known as the founder of cultural anthropology as proposed an evolutionary theory that is progressive and include historical evidences and relationships from primitive ages to modern cultures.

While Lewis Henry Morgan invented the study of kinship terminology and also introduced the concept of universal cultural evolution. The kinship terminologies represented the worldwide classification system both in the new and old world ages.  

Hence, these two play the most important role  in the development of evolutionism in anthropology