The Division of Anthropology is concerned with all aspects of human behavior, past, present, and with an eye to the future.
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Dr. Ian Tattersall is Curator Emeritus of Biological Anthropology. He carried out both primatological and paleontological fieldwork in Madagascar, Vietnam, Surinam, Yemen and Mauritius. His current research interest lies in systematics within the genus Homo and in the origin of modern human cognition.
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Out of Dr. Whiteley’s research on the relationship between matrilineal kinship, Hopi ritual sodalities, and the Orayvi Split grew an interest in two mirrored kinship systems of the "Crow-Omaha" type.
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Dr. Laurel Kendall is Curator of Asian Ethnology and Chair of the Anthropology Division. Her long acquaintance with South Korean life began in 1970 as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer where a chance encounter with female shamans led her to subsequent anthropological fieldwork. In 2007 the International Society for Shamanic research gave Kendall a lifetime achievement award.
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A group from AMNH traveled to Juneau, Alaska, to meet with Tlingit elders to discuss plans for the Tlingit section in the newly renovated Northwest Coast Hall.
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Published Material Tampico-Panuco region: Pavon; El Prisco; Las Flores, Tampico; Tancol, Buenavista (Majuaves), Veracru…
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In 1970, David Thomas discovered the Gatecliff shelter in the Monitor Valley of Nevada — which proved to be a popular living place for Archaic people and animals alike.
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A two-year project to examine, document, stabilize and rehouse portions of the Museum’s Siberian ethnographic collection.
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AMNH Anthropology Curators conduct research around the world in the areas of Ethnology, Archaeology, and Biological Anthropology.
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AnthroDaily is a widget for Mac computers that presents every day a different object from the collections (the same one as on the home page) and links to the Division of Anthropology website.
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