I am a regular reader of 'British Archaeology' (Which I am happy to have access to, because it is free online).
Now there is a paper on evolutionary psychology They say: 100 thousand years ago people began to use red ochre for the sake of bla-bla-bla. The reason is: because Bushmen still do use it for the sake of bla-bla-bla ( Read more... )

So on this community, serious articles get posted, we engage in serious discussions. I thought it would be nice to do something silly yet related to anthropology. So I invite you all to post the silliest/weirdest/funniest quote from any anthropologist you've read. Just comment on this post. Perhaps we could have a contest of some kind. Limit it to ( Read more... )

Another article about anthropologists working for the military from an Islamic perspective ( Read more... )

One of my professors was literally just on NPR talking about the new Human Terrain Teams being deployed by the military... the members of which are anthropologists and other social scientists ( Read more... )

So I was sitting in a lecture last night and my prof announced "I should teach a class on the weird sexual habits of famous anthropologists!", and it got me thinking.

What are some Weird Sexual Habits of Famous Anthropologists? He was talking about Malinowski when he mentioned it and said that he (Malinowski) had some strange ones. But of course, ( Read more... )

Debate ( Read more... )