They are physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, forensic anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. ... I will first start with physical anthropology, which "focuses on humans as biological organisms" (Haviland 2003:10). ... "Another major specialty of physical anthropology is the study of present day human variation"(Haviland 2003: 10). ... Forensic Anthropology can be linked to physical anthropology due to the fact that they are both studying human remains. Although forensic anthropology is used for a more modern situation, it still could be applied to ...

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The Adrenée Glover Freeman Memorial Lecture In African American Women's Studies Leith Mullings is the Presidential Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Program in Medical Anthropology at the Graduate Center, City of University of New York. ... The research project was funded by the Centers for Disease and Control, and was produced as a guide for society to help better understand Black women's lives in the contexts of social, political, economic, and physical issues. ...

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Lucy was found by Donald C. Johanson Ph.D. and Tom Gray on November 30th 1974, in the Hadar Region in Ethiopia and was named after the song "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". She is special because she lived just less than 3.18 million years and because about 40% of her skeleton was found. Lucy wal...

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This is a summary based on a aspect of DNA. The information gathered was taken from the article called "DNA Replication located at http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/dna_rep.htm written by the Eureka Science Organization. The article describes DNA replication by comparing it to a zipper. It s...

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In my anthropology class, I have learned that the divorced parents with children, who do not live within the same area, leaves a bad affect on the child's self-esteem and moral development - physical, mental, social, and academic. ...

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Gonzalez, and two other individuals, Alejandro Terazas, a physical anthropologist, and Carmen Rojas, a young archaeologist are part of the Underwater Archaeology Area of Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), and are co-directors of the research project. ...

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Writing up for the rich the results of an upper class essayist's anthropological mission to see how the other half live is worthwhile. ... The point of Ehrenreich's rapiers of intellect, art, and wit are ever more prevalent when she points out that even so-called "unskilled- work "is demanding and challenging: the memory skills required of a waitress, the physical labor of a house cleaner with a vacuum on her back, and the patience of a wal-mart "zoner- hanging up the same blouse for the ninth time can push human capacities close to their limits "and for the truly lousy pa...

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