Alan Mann's sense of wonder about human origins and his bond with all animal species -- living and extinct -- have endeared him to students and colleagues for more than 40 years. Mann, a physical ...

A BA in Anthropology broadly introduces students to the traditional subfields of the discipline and covers a broad range of geographical places and peoples, historical time periods, human biological ...

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 ...

Forensic anthropology is the application of physical anthropology to a legal context, defined by the Smithsonian as involving “applying skeletal analysis and techniques in archaeology to solving ...

The collections include academic works covering socio-cultural anthropology, traditional cultures, archaeology, folklore methods and theory, as well as physical anthropology. Comfortable seating areas ...

Transferred from the files of Division of Physical Anthropology, probably by Dr. John Lawrence Angel, on June 28, 1968 and arranged by Smithsonian Office of Anthropology-A in folders. Archival ...

A research team led by the University of the Basque Country has identified hundreds of molecular markers in saliva that could ...

THE question of the value of physical measurements is one that lies at the base of physical anthropology. Large numbers of often very extended series of measurements are continually being ...

A handful of fossil teeth found in Israel’s Qesem Cave, described in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and attributed to 400,000 year old members of our own species in multiple news ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Physical Measurements in Anthropology ” in SA Supplements Vol. 48 No. 1231supp (August 1899), p. 19730 doi:10.1038 ...

Reg. #15122 Dr. Irene Ketonen-Keating This class is a general introduction to the field of anthropology, the study of humanity. It is designed to pique your interest in the broad diversity of human ...