SummaryThis article provides the means to understand the anthropology of Europe. A historical review is made to explain the different points of view as well as investigations into man from the time of our ancestors to the present day. Although theorists have their respective claims, explanations, and interpretations about their theoretical areas of interest, adherence to their theories is common and their transmission of truth does not alter their sense of ethical responsibility. Who, what and where is the anthropology of Europe? streaks across the world. This part of the continent has played many roles in terms of anthropology or the human sciences. Anthropologists have distinguished and identified that, during prehistory or before history, the peoples of Atlantic Europe exhibited a certain commonality of character and traits, as shown and revealed in artifacts and architecture. To give more information, a number of genetic studies appear to have a relationship with specific groups of inhabitants in parts of Atlantic Europe, in contrast to Central or Mediterranean Europe (cited in Wrangham and Peterson 2006) . A number of authors and writers themselves have postulated that there still exists a cultural contingency in Atlantic Europe, forming a unity of cultural civilization which has its roots or ancestors in ancient times but which has remained until to today thanks in particular to maritime trade. Geographers also speak of the influence of the natural environment in constructing a similar cultural landscape along the coasts of Western Europe (cited in Wolf, 2007). These interests in the anthropology of Europe were modified by a global political alignment...... middle of article...... Berg.Hofer, Tamas. (1968). Comparative notes on the professional personality of two disciplines. Current anthropology. Volume 9 n°4 .pp. 311-315. Lockwood, William G. (1972). Converts and consanguinity: the social organization of Muslim Slavs in Western Bosnia. Ethnology. Flight. 11 No. 1.pp. 55-79. Narotzky, Susana (2006). The production of knowledge and the production of hegemony. New York. Disciplinary transformation of global anthropologies within systems of power. p. 139. Rheubottom, D. B. (1976). The Feast of Saints and Skopska CRNA Goran SocialStructure.Man,NewSeries. Vol.11 n°1. Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. p.22.Wolf, ER (2007). Europe and peoples without history. Berkeley: University of California Press. Wrangham, R and Peterson, D. (2006). Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. Boston: sailor's books.