Directions: In a 4-6 page written assignment, answer the following questions. 1) Define evolution using the course materials.  2) Define physical anthropology.  Discuss some of the general ways physical anthropologists investigate evolution.3) Using the school Library, find at least one appropriate outside source that identifies one specific research project in which physical anthropologists are studying […]

Choose one of these two options for your initial post: Forum Question: Share an experience you’ve personally had with ethnocentrism.  How did this experience have an impact on you and/or others in the moment?  What was a potential solution to educate those involved in this experience about minimizing ethnocentrism? Forum Question: Share a piece of […]

Choose one of these options for your initial post.  Forum Question: How is cultural change analogous to biological evolution? What important limitations are there to this analogy? In order to fully answer this question, consider issues of cultural innovation and cultural evolution. Forum Question: Explain the relationship between kuru and cannibalism among the Fore.  How […]

Choose one of these options for your initial post.  Forum Question: During this course we will be exploring many facets of Anthropology. I think it is important to remember those early practitioners of the field who really are responsible for guiding and shaping anthropology into the science it is today.  Anthropology has always been about […]