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    Running head: GENETIC ANTHROPOLOGY Genetic Anthropology: New Understanding through Genetic Testing Name university Genetic Anthropology: New Understanding through Genetic Testing Genetic Anthropology is the study of combining DNA evidence with physical evidence to understand the history of modern human. These scientists and anthropologists are trying to understand where and when the branches of ancient and modern human existed (U.S. Department of Energy Genome Program‚ 2010). This field

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    Question 4: Culture is both a key concept and a contested concept in anthropology. Discuss. I will be discussing how culture is used in anthropology‚ how it has seeped out into other fields of research and also its uses in normal everyday life. I will be looking at why this key concept has been and is still contested by some anthropologists. How it has created problems in the field and how we perceive people through the concept of culture. This done through the understanding of the definition of

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    Anth 68 Day 3 Gardens of History In his first chapter‚ Garden of History‚ Nigel Rothfels describes the meaning of zoological gardens. He starts out by comparing and contrasting zoos with menageries. “Menagerie is used to describe the collection of captive animals used simply for display and aggrandizement of the owner while zoological gardens are understood to be places that offer scientific endeavor and public education”(pg.19). He talks about a palace build to be used as a menagerie by a prince

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    Marriage Throughout Different Cultures Maurice Pearcey ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: James Turner September 29‚ 2013 Marriage is a personal accomplishment for me. Having a wife then to create a family with her and providing for them‚ is a rite a passage for most African American males. Most African Americans get married but chances of the marriage lasting are slim. My parents were together for 15 years before they divorced but before the

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    Essay # 4: Homosexuality/Transexuality/Intersexuality                 Different cultures across the world have developed various views on homosexuality. Most cultural perspectives developed from religious or humanitarian sources. Living in 21st Century America‚ I have personally witnessed some of the strides and struggles of GLBT (gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender) youth. In the United States there exist laws that both promote sexual diversity and laws that restrict the complete rights of such

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    ANTH 304: Prehistoric Europe Exam 1 Study Guide Peopling of Europe: Long vs short chronology Long chronology proponents argue for people (Homo erectus or heidelbergensis) in Europe before 1 million years ago. Short chronology proponents argue for colonization after 730‚000 years ago. This corresponds to the Brunhes-Matuyama boundary‚ when the Earth’s magnetic poles switched from a Reversed to Normal polarity. Sites such as Orce and Sima del Elefante in Spain are equivocal evidence

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    The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropophagy and Anthropology by William Arens (1979) examines the evidence or lack thereof in determining what constitutes cannibalism or anthropophagy. Throughout history anthropologists as well as other “explorers” have encountered numerous peoples throughout the world. During their fieldwork they have gathered data which suggest the practice of cannibalism within the communities. There have been countless documents which have substantiated the claim of cannibalism in

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    Emmanuel Kant‚ Anthropology from the pragmatic point of view (1798) This text is an extract from the Antropologie from the pragmatic point of view of Kant is about the importance of the power of saying « I » for the human subject. Indeed‚ for Kant‚ this force “raises Man on top of all other living beings”. This power is the founding of the superiority and of the dignity of Man‚ it is thanks to consciousness that Man becomes a moral being‚ in other words a being able to think himself and thus

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    My Big Fat Cross-Cultural Encounters Essay When you come from a different culture‚ especially when you are so attached to that culture‚ like in My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ it becomes very difficult to have to go against your usual cultural ways. Trying to please your parents and yourself can even become a challenge‚ when the two of you want alternative things‚ and have such contrasting point of views. When it comes to flowing in with mainstream society while being raised a certain way‚ life becomes

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    Seventh Assignment Task 1: Review the Assignment 7 Lecture. Restate its lesson. Use no fewer than 50 words. Joseph Campbell‚ a cultural anthropologist‚ recognizes an arrowhead as the oldest piece of art created by humans since it preserves beauty. It is reduced to one point‚ “Its material composition is harmonized‚ singularized‚ and elegantly articulated towards a purpose” (Hicks L7). While writing you should follow the form of an arrowhead‚ you should start on a wide path that slowly tapers

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