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General Anthropology Lesson Plans
AAPA - Position Statement on Kennewick Man __ "This is the American Association of Physical Anthropologist's position paper on the Kenniwick Man repatriation determination." - From the American Association of Physical Anthropologists - http://www.physanth.org/positions/kennewick.html
AAPA Statement on Biological Aspects of Race... __ Paper : "Biological
differences between human beings reflect both hereditary factors and the
influence of natural and social environments. In most cases, these differences
are due to the interaction of both." - From the American Association of Physical
Anthropologists -
http://physanth.org/positions/race.html
ABFA Home Page __ Website of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. -
illustrated - From California State, Chico -
http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/ABFA/
African Primates at Home __ Covers a number of African primates on their home
grounds - illustrated - From Indiana University -
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/primates.html
Bonobo Sex and Society __ "At a juncture in history during which women are
seeking equality with men, science arrives with a belated gift to the feminist
movement. Male-biased evolutionary scenarios -- Man the Hunter, Man the
Toolmaker and so on -- are being challenged by the discovery that females play a
central, perhaps even dominant, role in the social life of one of our nearest
relatives. In the past few years many strands of knowledge have come together
concerning a relatively unknown ape with an unorthodox repertoire of behavior:
the bonobo." - From Scientific American -
http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html
Center for Evolutionary Psychology __ "Applying evolutionary biology to the
study of the mind has brought most evolutionary psychologists into conflict with
a traditional view of its structure." - articles, papers & abstracts - From UC
Santa Barbara -
http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/research/cep/
The eSkeletons Project __ Interactive website about physical anthropology.
Compare the skeletal structure of a human, a baboon, and a gorilla. -
illustrated - From University of Texas at Austin -
http://www.eskeletons.org/
Forensic Anthropology __ Basic introduction to anthropology and forensic
anthropology, as well as guidelines to planning an education in these fields. -
From University of North Carolina at Wilmington -
http://www.uncwil.edu/people/albertm/
Forensic Anthropology __ In-depth website about osteology and forensic
anthropology - illustrations, essays - From University of Utah -
http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/
JGI / Welcome to the Official Jane Goodall Institute Website__ "The name of this
website alone should tell you all you need to know. Learn about this great
anthropologist and her work." - illustrated - From Jane Goodall Official website
- http://www.janegoodall.org/
Kennewick Man - The Debate That Spans 9,000 Years __ Find out who and what
Kennewick Man is in this series of newspaper articles -
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/bones/
6.1 Paleopathology Disease in the Past __ Learn about paleopathology and the
study of human remains. Such remains can teach us about disease in the past. -
From University of Illinois at Chicago -
http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/6_1Paleopathology%20Disease%20in%20the%20Past.htm
Primate Handedness and Brain Lateralization __ A site where you can find out
about the research or be a participant. - illustrated, and an audio of African
monkeys and apes. -
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/index.html
Research - Paleopathology __ Archaeology and anthropology are reaching farther
in the quest for knowledge, and in the process are creating new sub-disciplines.
One of the newest of these is the field of paleopathology. Paleopathology is the
study of disease in ancient man. - illustrated - From Virginia Commonwealth
University -
http://views.vcu.edu/pat/research/paleo/
South Dakota Paleopathology __ Learn about the study of disease within a
population which was heterogeneous in time, culture, and location.
"Archaeologists unearthed the remains of almost 500 people who were killed
during the massacre at Crow Creek. This has allowed physical anthropologists and
the medical profession to have a unique situation for the study of ancient
disease in a laboratory setting. Note: The remains were treated with respect and
were reburied in 1981." - illustrated - From University of Iowa -
http://www.uiowa.edu/~anthro/paleopathology/
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