Tag: anthropology
New York Museum Benefited from African Genocide
As of 2018, the skulls were still housed in the AMNH’s collections, although the museum allowed a delegation of a dozen Hereros to view the remains.
Science Says: Evolution Explains the Appeal of Baby Yoda
The problem is that you could just as easily say that babies were designed to attract care, as adults were designed to care for them.
Slate on Evolution’s “Third Way”: The Sound of a Glacier Melting
I’m interested in “science as a cultural domain,” too. And here’s a great illustration of how the culture changes.
Human Zoos and a Cruel Past: A Visit to Washington University
Take a look inside the university’s Cupples Hall where, down in the basement, psychological tests, “including pain testing,” were conducted on evolutionary “missing links.”
Intelligent Design and Its Anthropology
Darwinian evolution and intelligent design are competing theories of biological origins, but they are more than that.