A social scientist is trained to study the contents of garbage heaps. "what can we learn from studying garbage?" would most likely be asked by a (n)

The answer is "Anthropologist".

Anthropology refers to the study of what makes us human. Anthropologists adopt a wide strategy to understanding the a wide range of parts of the human experience, which we call comprehensive quality. They consider the past, through archaic exploration, to perceive how human gatherings lived hundreds or thousands of years back and what was essential to them. They consider what makes up our natural bodies and hereditary qualities, and additionally our bones, eating routine, and wellbeing. Anthropologists likewise contrast people and different creatures (frequently, different primates like monkeys and chimpanzees) to perceive what we have in the same way as them and what makes us interesting.