Study of the evolution of man as an animal

One word substitute is Anthropology.

Archaeology: the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains.
Anthropology: the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution.
Chronology: the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.
Ethnology: the study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships between them.