Can anybody familiarize me with the anthropological perspective on having no room for the third molars (wisdom teeth)? Some the things I would like to know...
Bob: It goes back further than this. There is a general trend in dental reduction in primates compared to other mammals. However, the trend in Homo sapiens...
Human skeletons as art and elements of architecture? Chapel of skulls, catacombs of Paris and more http://j.mp/11I8mh Photos and brief descriptions of seven...
Oh, yeah. And here are some more: http://atlasobscura.com/categories/memento-mori/ossuaries St Ursula's is the one I use in class. And on Monday, we'll be...
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dianne.chidester@...
Nov 2, 2009 2:52 pm
Maybe it's the system that needs to change! So many students can't get the financial aid and health insurance they need unless they take X number of courses....
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Johnson, Ellen C. K.
Johnson@...
Nov 2, 2009 3:02 pm
Hi All! I go over the syllabus on the first day and apprise students of the workload in the class. This term, several weeks later, I gave a syllabus quiz (that...
Did you hear about the former CSU anthropology professor who taught physical anthropology, with a Ph.D from Yale, who is now suggesting that human evolution...
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Pam Ford
pford@...
Nov 2, 2009 4:52 pm
Wow....I tell my students when they ask for a curve that I would only grade on a curve if they show me that everyone read the book, attended every class, and...
I am teaching an online course in World Music for the first time. After the first online quiz the students complained because I did not tell them they had to...
Hi all, The SACC Members' Photo Page is now on-line! Check out the photos by Frank Lagana and Carol Hayman. Send in your best anthro photos--remember, not...
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anthropmor@...
Nov 2, 2009 5:42 pm
In a message dated 11/2/2009 9:10:28 A.M. Central Standard Time, dianne.chidester@... writes: . They can also recommend a book by our fellow anthro...
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anthropmor@...
Nov 2, 2009 5:46 pm
In a message dated 11/2/2009 9:58:30 A.M. Central Standard Time, bmuckle@... writes: rtificially altered by reptialian extraterrestrials? As if that...
a simple case of projection--blaming you for their own mistakes...and an ego-obsession with things that are only recreationally-oriented or don't require very...
Hi Kent, No real theme--just your best photos with an anthropological/archaeological emphasis to them, taken on your travels, during fieldwork, etc. Barry ... ...
I find all this talk about student and prof expecations quite interesting. It is like a case study in identifying theoretical bias of SACC members. People's...
Maybe cultural materialism is the answer, maybe it's political economy. I don't find students less well informed or less well behaved than 30 years ago, but I...
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Lewine, Mark
mark.lewine@...
Nov 2, 2009 7:02 pm
I agree completely that the remarks on this issue demonstrate deconstructed biases that each of us has. We ought to not only be aware of them but expand their...
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anthropmor@...
Nov 2, 2009 7:11 pm
Professor Gegen and his assistant, Veer, two _Voth_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voth) _palaeontologists_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeontology) , make...
I like where this discussion is going because is speaks to what I always thought was the purpose of education, especially community colleges, that is access...
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Dorothy Davis DDBRUNER
ddbruner@...
Nov 2, 2009 7:35 pm
What about Enemy Mine? I'll always think of Louis Gossett as a reptile rather than a drill sargent! And the males had the babies....yeah. Dorothy Davis ...
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dianne.chidester@...
Nov 2, 2009 8:29 pm
I used Heider's "Seeing Anthropology:..." which comes with a dvd. Some of them never quite understand that they should "read" the video when reading the...
It is all too easy to be critical of the younger generation, an exercise with deep historical roots. We have to accept what is given us, try to understand it,...
What I really like about this Star Trek episode is the Grand Council that denounce the scientists because their work challenges Doctrine. At the heart of this...
Now I understand the meaning behind Bob Dylan's conversion and his song, "Everybody Has to Serve Somebody"...so, after Revelations, we get the Rising of the...
for most of my career, my average age in class was over 30 and high school was not the issue.Over the past few years, I have been trying to push a system...
