years‚ American archaeologists excavated precious Native American Indian burial grounds and other holy archaeological sites removing artifacts and human remains. These remains were either placed in storage facilities or simply archived and not even studied further. This removal of artifacts to American Indians is morally unjust and discourteous to the history of Native Americans. While American Indians attempted to prevent excavations on their ancestors’ land‚ western archaeologists argued that the
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The Incredible Human Journey Paleontologists believe the entire human race descends from Africa. The earliest human remains were discovered there‚ this is why scientists believe “we are all children of Africa.” Archeologists discovered a human skull that is dated 195 thousand years old. No other remains remotely close to this age have been discovered anywhere else on the planet. Evidence suggests that the first human like species evolved around 400 million years ago from apes eventually evolving
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Michaela Hurtienne Anthropology 101 Forensic Anthropology Forensic Anthropology has been a vital component in the investigation of genocides and homicides. Forensic archeologists and anthropologists excavate human remains and identify skeletal remnants‚ to discover information on how each individual died. Through this‚ they are able to figure out what had occurred in the death and why it happened. In one case in particular‚ known as the John McRae case‚ we can observe how the forensic recovery
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brutal life but survived all of theses injuries. Other interesting traits that stood out were that his skull was caucasoid (European‚ west Asian‚ and North African.) not Native American. This raised a few questions‚ Jim contacted Doug Owsley an anthropologist at the Smithsonian to set up a team to study the skeleton and set up a dig site. What happened next would lead to a ten year long court debate between 8 scientist and 4 local Indian tribes hoping to get the rights to the
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arrived in Peru to 29 years‚ which started trablahando as educator‚ translator and assistant. Subsequently‚ from 1946 until his death in 1998‚ Maria Reiche dedicated his life to the study and preservation of "Nazca Lines"‚ stimulated by the American archaeologist Paul Kosok‚ who conducted an expedition into the wilderness in the Nazca region south of Peru. On his arrival to Nazca‚ Reiche held cartographic studies of the lines. These mysterious geoglyphs drawn on the surface of the desert‚ which would have
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from the social and biological sciences as well as the humanities and physical sciences. A central concern of anthropologists is the application of knowledge to the solution of human problems. Historically‚ anthropologists in the United States have been trained in one of four areas: sociocultural anthropology‚ biological/physical anthropology‚ archaeology‚ and linguistics. Anthropologists often integrate the perspectives of several of these areas into their research‚ teaching‚ and professional lives
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I find it interesting because the book used a definition assumedly made by an anthropologist or paleontologist which clearly helps to further or support their cause. As an example‚ the observance of reconciliation in primates‚ there is now evidence for reconciliation in more than twenty five different primate species…. The book goes on to elaborate
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on that goes beyond generations. This exact behavior is demonstrated throughout the history of mankind within the concepts of social equality‚ religious conviction‚ and both technological and political progress. Statesman‚ architect‚ archaeologist‚ paleontologist‚ musician‚ inventor‚ and founder of the University of Virginia: Thomas Jefferson forever impacted the history of the United States by drafting the Declaration of Independence. Although not truly liberated‚ the United States of America still
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“HUMAN REVOLUTION” 1. When anthropologists discovered “Lucy” in 1974‚ they considered her the oldest hominid of age 3.6 million years ago. How has the discovery of old hominid-like remains affected the “line” of evolutionary descent? They have declared sahelanthropus to be on the line this led to gorillas‚ not humans. Explain why a newer model of human ancestry is emerging. Different species are reproducing together. 2. What problem do paleontologists have with cataloguing human remains
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reptile like animal from a time before theirs (Strauss). A professor from Oxford University identified it as the femur of a human giant but in 1824‚ William Buckland gave this genus its distinctive name. It took another twenty years for the famous paleontologist‚ Richard Owen‚ to convincingly identify the Megalosaurus as a dinosaur (Strauss). In 1820‚ the Iguanodon‚ which was first investigated by Gideon Mantell‚ was identified as the second dinosaur to have a formal genus name. Its numerous fossils stirred
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