Anthropology

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What are you studying in anthropology? I minored in history in undergrad, which included some anthropology, but I have been reading anthropological/archaeological literature more in depth recently for a "cognition and culture" project. Incidentally, there is a site run by something called the International Cognition and Culture Institute that is very useful.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)07:12, 19 December 2011

For Anthropology, I'm specializing in physical anthropology---which may lead to forensics! Woot~ But hm...that sounds really cool actually! I'll have to look more into that.

Dumpling (talk)07:16, 19 December 2011

Mostly pre-behavioral modernity stuff or more modern stuff?

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)07:26, 19 December 2011

Mostly more modern. :3 Although, the pre-behavioral seems really interesting, but never really got a chance to go into that.

Dumpling (talk)07:29, 19 December 2011

A lot of it is rather speculative.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)07:34, 19 December 2011

Hahahahaha. Really~?

Dumpling (talk)07:36, 19 December 2011
Nebuchadnezzar (talk)07:38, 19 December 2011

...I read two pages...then got distracted. But I get what you mean.

Dumpling (talk)09:36, 20 December 2011

I took some "physical anthro" classes back in college. It was snooty U of C's way of saying "archaeology" out loud without admitting they were sending people out to some oasis in Western Egypt to dig around for pot shards. What is physical anthro/forensics in this context?

Nutty Roux100x100 anarchy symbol.svg16:10, 4 January 2012

From what I've seen, physical anthro is more or less human biology, dealing mostly with the evolution of humans and early hominids, medical science, environmental and dietary effects on the body, etc.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)21:07, 4 January 2012

Pretty much. :3 It's actually really cool. We have a FACES lab here which is really cool.

Dumpling (talk)02:36, 5 January 2012