
From the Department Chair Anthropology Department Newsletter
... skulls, thereby capturing aspects of form that had proven difficult to measure with calipers. Using 3D landmark data, they were able to quantify differences in shape between baboons that had been fed a soft, easy-to-chew diet versus those that were given a harder, more challenging diet. Initial resu ...
... skulls, thereby capturing aspects of form that had proven difficult to measure with calipers. Using 3D landmark data, they were able to quantify differences in shape between baboons that had been fed a soft, easy-to-chew diet versus those that were given a harder, more challenging diet. Initial resu ...
Spring 2013 - Tufts University
... Prerequisite: One Anthropology course and junior standing, or permission of instructor. This course on the history of anthropological theory begins with the premise that anthropology is as much as way of thinking as an academic discipline. By engaging ethnographies, theories, documentary films, and ...
... Prerequisite: One Anthropology course and junior standing, or permission of instructor. This course on the history of anthropological theory begins with the premise that anthropology is as much as way of thinking as an academic discipline. By engaging ethnographies, theories, documentary films, and ...
alfred irving hallowell - National Academy of Sciences
... beliefs and ceremonies about the bear which were, in varying local expressions, almost universally practiced among primitive peoples in the circumboreal culture area. He also drew attention to archaeological remains from the paleolithic which indicated an extraordinary antiquity, on the order of ten ...
... beliefs and ceremonies about the bear which were, in varying local expressions, almost universally practiced among primitive peoples in the circumboreal culture area. He also drew attention to archaeological remains from the paleolithic which indicated an extraordinary antiquity, on the order of ten ...
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... A2. Snyder et al propose that caffeine, which is struc(15) turally similar to adenosine, is able to bind to both types of receptors, which prevents adenosine from attaching there and allows the neurons to fire more readily than they otherwise would. For many years, caffeine’s effects have been attri ...
... A2. Snyder et al propose that caffeine, which is struc(15) turally similar to adenosine, is able to bind to both types of receptors, which prevents adenosine from attaching there and allows the neurons to fire more readily than they otherwise would. For many years, caffeine’s effects have been attri ...
Subject benchmark statement: Anthropology
... Summary of changes from the previous subject benchmark statement (2007) The review group agreed that while the subject benchmark statement for anthropology, minimally amended in 2007, had served the subject area well, it needed refreshing and updating. Many emergent themes and current interests iden ...
... Summary of changes from the previous subject benchmark statement (2007) The review group agreed that while the subject benchmark statement for anthropology, minimally amended in 2007, had served the subject area well, it needed refreshing and updating. Many emergent themes and current interests iden ...
Fordham Paper - Fordham History
... the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first three decades or so of the twentieth, were a rather ‘bloody’ time. Much of the expansion in the operational and poetic fields of blood was enabled by Karl Landsteiner’s discovery in 1901 of the major blood groups.10 Though the crucial Rhesus fa ...
... the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first three decades or so of the twentieth, were a rather ‘bloody’ time. Much of the expansion in the operational and poetic fields of blood was enabled by Karl Landsteiner’s discovery in 1901 of the major blood groups.10 Though the crucial Rhesus fa ...
Von Economo Neurons in the Elephant Brain
... of these counts. The number of VENs found in Elephant 1 (19,310) is lower than the number in adult humans (average total 193,000 VENs), but is higher than the average number found in great apes (average total 6,950 VENs) (Allman et al., 2005). We also counted the total number of neurons in the VEN-c ...
... of these counts. The number of VENs found in Elephant 1 (19,310) is lower than the number in adult humans (average total 193,000 VENs), but is higher than the average number found in great apes (average total 6,950 VENs) (Allman et al., 2005). We also counted the total number of neurons in the VEN-c ...
Anthropology of Everydayness Cultural Theory and Social Practice
... call for characterizing culture changes as interrelated interactions and comparative analysis of the different hierarchical social subsystems within the everydayness that in many cases have been accepted for granted while in fact consist of hidden characteristics that can be revealed by research in ...
... call for characterizing culture changes as interrelated interactions and comparative analysis of the different hierarchical social subsystems within the everydayness that in many cases have been accepted for granted while in fact consist of hidden characteristics that can be revealed by research in ...
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... of the subdiscipline. However, is there really no need for such research, or are there no similar endeavors elsewhere? Is evaluation anthropology not applicable outside the American social and political contexts? Perhaps being more concerned with ethics and methodology, rather than a complete review ...
... of the subdiscipline. However, is there really no need for such research, or are there no similar endeavors elsewhere? Is evaluation anthropology not applicable outside the American social and political contexts? Perhaps being more concerned with ethics and methodology, rather than a complete review ...
Conversions, Dreams, Defining Aims? Following Boas, Malinowski
... Boas’s conceptual understanding of physics may have been integrated into the particular vision he developed of the relativity of culture, and this is my second point. Boas is famous for arguing that our understanding of truth goes as far as our civilization. But he described general differences betw ...
... Boas’s conceptual understanding of physics may have been integrated into the particular vision he developed of the relativity of culture, and this is my second point. Boas is famous for arguing that our understanding of truth goes as far as our civilization. But he described general differences betw ...
Anthropology - Toronto Zoo
... the infant without extensive clinging contact. By five months of age punishment of the infant begins until the female separates from the uterine group. Young infants will often exhibit interactive play that increases in painfulness eventually establishing a pattern of dominance or social ranking. Pr ...
... the infant without extensive clinging contact. By five months of age punishment of the infant begins until the female separates from the uterine group. Young infants will often exhibit interactive play that increases in painfulness eventually establishing a pattern of dominance or social ranking. Pr ...
The Speculative Neuroscience of the Future Human Brain
... In terms of history, the Bruce Lahn laboratory recently sought to associate two genes, MCPH1 (microcephalin) and ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated), with the two big bangs of consciousness [62,63]—MCPH1 with cave art around 37 ka, and ASPM with writing and complex civilization arou ...
... In terms of history, the Bruce Lahn laboratory recently sought to associate two genes, MCPH1 (microcephalin) and ASPM (abnormal spindle-like microcephaly associated), with the two big bangs of consciousness [62,63]—MCPH1 with cave art around 37 ka, and ASPM with writing and complex civilization arou ...
USC Brain Project Specific Aims
... Rizzolatti, G, and Arbib, M.A., 1998, Language Within Our Grasp, Trends in Neuroscience, 21(5):188-194: The Mirror System Hypothesis: Human Broca’s area contains a mirror system for grasping which is homologous to the F5 mirror system of monkey, and this provides the evolutionary basis for language ...
... Rizzolatti, G, and Arbib, M.A., 1998, Language Within Our Grasp, Trends in Neuroscience, 21(5):188-194: The Mirror System Hypothesis: Human Broca’s area contains a mirror system for grasping which is homologous to the F5 mirror system of monkey, and this provides the evolutionary basis for language ...
Anthropological Theory and Intelligence
... security professionals in using anthropological expertise to achieve military and political objectives. “Cultural competence” deriving from ethnographic research has been particularly prized as a means of gaining the trust of indigenes, who in turn may be induced to provide intelligence on enemy pla ...
... security professionals in using anthropological expertise to achieve military and political objectives. “Cultural competence” deriving from ethnographic research has been particularly prized as a means of gaining the trust of indigenes, who in turn may be induced to provide intelligence on enemy pla ...
Subject Benchmark Statement: Anthropology
... minimally amended in 2007, had served the subject area well, it needed refreshing and updating. Many emergent themes and current interests identified in 2002 and 2007 have become established in the subject and there are now new focuses of interest that could not have been predicted then. The list of ...
... minimally amended in 2007, had served the subject area well, it needed refreshing and updating. Many emergent themes and current interests identified in 2002 and 2007 have become established in the subject and there are now new focuses of interest that could not have been predicted then. The list of ...
The History of Anthropology in the Netherlands
... learned societies, specialized research institutes and ethnographical museums. Such museums were established at Batavia (1836), Leiden (1837, by P.F.B. von Siebold, a German physician who had worked for the Dutch in Japan), Delft (1864), Rotterdam (1885), Amsterdam (1926) and, more recently, at Gron ...
... learned societies, specialized research institutes and ethnographical museums. Such museums were established at Batavia (1836), Leiden (1837, by P.F.B. von Siebold, a German physician who had worked for the Dutch in Japan), Delft (1864), Rotterdam (1885), Amsterdam (1926) and, more recently, at Gron ...
Evolution of Nervous Systems and Brains
... in toxic substances. In the opposite case, the superflagellum disintegrates, and the single flagella move independently. As a consequence, E. coli starts “tumbling” and randomly changes its direction of movement until the receptors sense a new gradient, and a new “run” begins. The bacterium has a mi ...
... in toxic substances. In the opposite case, the superflagellum disintegrates, and the single flagella move independently. As a consequence, E. coli starts “tumbling” and randomly changes its direction of movement until the receptors sense a new gradient, and a new “run” begins. The bacterium has a mi ...
sentenced more harshly
... Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense.7 Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests.8 One contribu ...
... Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense.7 Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests.8 One contribu ...
A Look at the History of Forensic Anthropology - Purdue e-Pubs
... Cesare Lombroso, in the social context of the nineteenth century may have had a negative impact on the relationship between physical anthropology and the law (Snow 1982). The eugenics movement, founded by English scientist Sir Frances Galton, who wrote Hereditary Genius (1892) to promote the selecti ...
... Cesare Lombroso, in the social context of the nineteenth century may have had a negative impact on the relationship between physical anthropology and the law (Snow 1982). The eugenics movement, founded by English scientist Sir Frances Galton, who wrote Hereditary Genius (1892) to promote the selecti ...
Further info here. - Anthropology
... definitively fixed. Understandings are provisional, good enough for the circumstances, and so on. And in the temporal unfolding of actions, what happens next shapes what is understood to h ...
... definitively fixed. Understandings are provisional, good enough for the circumstances, and so on. And in the temporal unfolding of actions, what happens next shapes what is understood to h ...
Further info here. - Anthropology
... definitively fixed. Understandings are provisional, good enough for the circumstances, and so on. And in the temporal unfolding of actions, what happens next shapes what is understood to h ...
... definitively fixed. Understandings are provisional, good enough for the circumstances, and so on. And in the temporal unfolding of actions, what happens next shapes what is understood to h ...
Racial Disparities in the United States Criminal Justice System
... Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense. 7 Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests. 8 One contri ...
... Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense. 7 Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests. 8 One contri ...
Report of The Sentencing Project to the United Nations Human
... Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense. 7 Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests. 8 One contri ...
... Roughly 12% of the United States population is black. Yet in 2011, black Americans constituted 30% of persons arrested for a property offense and 38% of persons arrested for a violent offense. 7 Black youths account for 16% of all children in America yet make up 28% of juvenile arrests. 8 One contri ...
Anthropology Minor
... The Anthropology minor requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of ANTH course work and a minimum of 9 credit hours of upper-division (3000+ level) ANTH course work. All courses must have a C- or better grade. ...
... The Anthropology minor requires a minimum of 18 credit hours of ANTH course work and a minimum of 9 credit hours of upper-division (3000+ level) ANTH course work. All courses must have a C- or better grade. ...
PDF - 6 pages - Scholastic Heads Up
... waves. Hydrogen atoms in the water of tissues and bones absorb and then release the energy from the radio waves. A computer maps and measures these changes to create an image. Changes in the size of tissues (such as from diseases like cancer that cause tumors) can increase the amount of water in dif ...
... waves. Hydrogen atoms in the water of tissues and bones absorb and then release the energy from the radio waves. A computer maps and measures these changes to create an image. Changes in the size of tissues (such as from diseases like cancer that cause tumors) can increase the amount of water in dif ...
History of anthropometry

The history of anthropometry includes the use of anthropometry as an early tool of physical anthropology, use for identification, use for the purposes of understanding human physical variation, in paleoanthropology, and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits. At various points in history, certain anthropometrics have been cited by advocates of discrimination and eugenics, often as part of novel social movements or based upon pseudoscientific claims.