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Anthropology is the holistic study of what it means to be human. Four subfields are surveyed: biological anthropology (the study of human evolution, diversity, and environmental adaptation), ...

Introduction: A Quarter Century of American Anthropology / Robert F. Murphy -- The Scope of Linguistics / C. F. Voegelin and Z. S. Harris -- The Definition and Prohibition of Incest / Leslie A. White ...

What is culture and how does it affect our understanding of the world and the ways we behave? How do cultural anthropologists approach the study of human societies and what methods do they use to do ...

This undergraduate/graduate course traces the development of anthropology in museums from the late 19th century to the present day. Museums are places where ideas, identities, theories and power ...

MR. JAMES aims at introducing the student not so much to anthropology in general as to prehistoric archæology interpreted in the light of the study of primitive man, modern as well as ancient. After ...

Editor’s note: First-year students, prospective students (and some of their parents) wonder and worry how they will handle the academic transition from high school to college. In a series of stories, ...

ANYONE conversant with the needs of those entering upon a course of anthropological study will be aware of the difficulty in finding a satisfactory textbook in physical anthropology. Not that there ...

Look at human behavior through local, national and international lenses with courses offered by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Undergraduate courses cover topics across the spectrum, ...