By: Laurie Childree
Bones have the ability to tell a story that is read through the science of FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY which is the study of skeletal remains. In the beginning it is used to decide if the bones in question are human. Gender, age, physical stature and racial...
By: Nicole Williams
Throughout the United States, there are several great anthropology museums. It was difficult to narrow down, but I've narrowed it down to the top ten. Because they all have such diverse specialties that each offers, I can't possibly say which of the ten is better...
By: Douglas Black
The decline of civilization begins with the perception that race changes everything, and that our subtle cosmetic or cultural differences are paramount to this indigenous behavior of cultural segregation. One of the most defining arguments that anthropologist have had to deal with is why most...
By: Eva Pronovost
The dead speak. They don't speak loudly, but they'll whisper their past to the forensic anthropologists who come across their remains, and quietly reveal who they were and how they died. Anthropology is the study of humans and physical anthropology is a sub-field that specialises...
By: Jane Allyson
Defining "race" within the human context means one thing - the stigmatization of some, and the reinforcement of elitism for others. It defines those who "have" and those who "have not" in life, and trying to find an answer through scientific means have left modern...
Anthropology of religion explained
By: Carlyle O'Toole
In today's world, there are roughly one hundred ninety-three independent countries recognized by the United Nations plus a handful of unrecognized states. Each of these countries then has many individual populations of people each with their own unique culture; making it very easily possible to...
By: Kimberly Bunch
The History and Understanding of the Four Subfields of Anthropology:Anthropology is the study of people in their cultural context and the examination of all aspects of patterned social behavior. The study of humanity covers all areas of human biological and social life. It provides meaning...
By: Jane Allyson
The study of Medical Anthropology is vast. It uses the disciplines of social, biological, and linguistic anthropology to examine the many different ways that people become sick and how they deal with issues of health and well being, the actual spread of disease and the...
By: Christine G.
The educational system is society's attempt to promote stability and ensure its own survival by passing on its insights, ideals, skills, assumptions, and goals to the next generation. This process does not happen in a vacuum. Everything that is happening in the fermentation of society...
By: Jane Allyson
Controversy within anthropology brings debate, which serves as a useful tool to encourage a re-examination of past findings and to introduce new ideas or views and to hone current theory.Controversy invites excitement. It breathes life into an often dry and academic subject and serves...

 

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