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| non human primate aggressive behavior | 11/12/2009 | John Shea |
Q: Is appropriate to use studies of aggression in nonhuman primates as a guide to the levels of ...
A: Kati, I would say yes, but only in a strategic perspective. That is, the costs and benefits of ...
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| genetic | 11/11/2009 | John Shea |
Q: please, 1/ what is genetic similar in Homo Neandertal and Homo Sapiens ? 1/ Quel ...
A: Most comparisons of Neandertal and human DNA suggest many similarities, but Neandertals are ...
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| Explanations for the gender divisions of labor. | 11/10/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: What are possible explanations for the gender divisions of labor based on these contributing ...
A: Whole books have been written on the subject. I have a feeling however, that you are looking for ...
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| Can diet affect jaw size in modern people? | 11/5/2009 | John Shea |
Q: As an art student I've studied anatomy, including examining skulls of people of different ...
A: Lee, You've pretty much answered your own question. The articulation between teeth and the mandible ...
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| College: Anthropology | 11/5/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I am a sophomore at a community college in texas. I will finish my associates degree in behavioral ...
A: This website will take you to the University of North Texas. This is a state school so instate ...
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| Should a American man have to pay child support in this case yes or no | 10/26/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: Should a American man have to pay child support in this case yes or no? He got a Belgium women ...
A: In this case, he should demand to know that the paternity of the child is clearly his. He can also ...
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| Should a American man have to pay child support in this case yes or no | 10/25/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: Should a American man have to pay child support in this case yes or no? He got a Belgium women ...
A: If he is even aware of the child t hen he may feel compelled to support the child but as in the ...
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| similarities between anthropology psychology and sociology | 10/15/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: can you help me by telling me some similarities between anthropology psychology and sociology
A: Yes, Anthropology is the Study of Man. It is the broad umbrella study which can (and generally ...
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| help | 10/5/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: ive been set an assignment to write the similarities and differences of anthropology, psychology and ...
A: Anthropology is the "Grand Father" of the studies of "Man" (Anthro = Humans/pology = Study of) Thus ...
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| Business Anthropology | 9/29/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I recently worked 1 1/2 years for a market research company, but didn't gain a great deal of ...
A: LA, a hot bed of marketing and movies. UCLA, UCSanDiego, UCIrvine all have good anthro departments. ...
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| Business Anthropology | 9/29/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I recently worked 1 1/2 years for a market research company, but didn't gain a great deal of ...
A: This is a very hard question to answer. There are some people who are business anthropologists who ...
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| Human speciation | 9/23/2009 | John Shea |
Q: I am curious to know why we have only one species of humans given that we in habit every ecosystem ...
A: The most likely reasons are that we are a very numerous species (hard for mutations to become fixed ...
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| Faye Harrison's Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age | 9/16/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I am a freshman in college and I am taking an introduction to anthropology course. I have been ...
A: I have not read this book or for that matter any of her other books. She has a rather radical ...
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| Validity of Race; Neandertals | 9/16/2009 | John Shea |
Q: are there any books you could recommend to me on the "validity of race" or on the origins of ...
A: Milford Wolpoff and Rachel Caspari. The title is "Race and Human Evolution: A Fatal Attraction". ...
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| Distance learning | 9/6/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: Could you recommend (or point me in the right direction) distance learning (or part time) courses in ...
A: Business Anthro seems to be a uniquely American type of degree. I've not heard of any European ...
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| Could you speculate for me? | 8/27/2009 | John Shea |
Q: Not to be hideously random but I thought this might be something for someone in your field: Do you ...
A: This is pure speculation, rather than an answer. I don't think it would have made a difference ...
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| Race of Ancient Egyptians | 8/26/2009 | John Shea |
Q: What race were the Ancient Egyptians and are modern day Egyptians the same people as the Ancient ...
A: Martin Colleges: It isn't really a trend you see in colleges, at least not the better ones, and not ...
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| Race of Ancient Egyptians | 8/26/2009 | John Shea |
Q: What race were the Ancient Egyptians and are modern day Egyptians the same people as the Ancient ...
A: This is precisely the problem. DNA and physical anthropology show Egyptians (ancient and modern) ...
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| teenage problems | 8/26/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: 1- how can we deal with the shy teen who has difficulty at expressing him/herself? 2- what is the ...
A: First of all I am not a qualified Psychiatrist and I am not a Psychologist. I am an Anthropologist ...
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| Race of Ancient Egyptians | 8/26/2009 | John Shea |
Q: What race were the Ancient Egyptians and are modern day Egyptians the same people as the Ancient ...
A: If by "race" you mean the categories Anglo-American culture uses, then "black" or "African", though ...
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| Dating in anthropology. | 8/23/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: Help me to find laboratory of dating of fossils, please. The fossil of people is found in an epoch ...
A: Modern Humans have only been around for the last 200,000 years. Some earlier hominids are older. ...
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| Careers in Anthropology | 8/9/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I'm a 47-year-old woman who had a 17-year career as a court reporter. Eleven years ago, I "retired" ...
A: Good feed back. Teaching is probably your best bet at this point. In-depth analysis is a very ...
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| modernisation and global interdependancy | 7/30/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: How does modernization relates to global interdependency?
A: Let me start with the industrial revolution. With the industrial revolution the demand for goods ...
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| Urbanization | 7/21/2009 | Gorkey Gourab |
Q: Theory of Urban Involution and Theory of Urban Crime? U can miraculously tagged my question to be a ...
A: I wanted to send your question to "question pool", and the radio-button is just below the "I believe ...
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| Anthropology with minor in journalism | 7/8/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I want to be a Anthro Journalist that travels all over the world to report stories, I want to know ...
A: It is a job that is very hard to get into. You may want to contact National Geographic or the Travel ...
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| answers | 7/7/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: My daughter graduated from Ball State University (Indiana) with a 3.5 gpa. She is mostly interested ...
A: Ball State is a good school with a good anthro program. Anthropology and History is a good ...
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| career path | 7/2/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: My daughter just graduated from college with a degree in Anthropology. She is struggling on where to ...
A: Congratulations! What kind of Anthropology? Please be as detailed as possible. Also what city ...
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| Race of Ancient Egypt | 6/28/2009 | Gorkey Gourab |
Q: I heard that the Ancient Egyptians were originally White but because of racial mixing with the ...
A: The question you've asked is a very popular question, and unfortunately, there is no simple answer. ...
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| Facial Features of Ethnic Africans | 6/9/2009 | John Shea |
Q: I want to state something before I begin with theI am not racist towards any ethnic group, and ...
A: I suppose the answer I give has to depend on my understanding of the question. First, if by ...
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| Society without music? | 5/22/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I seem to remember, from an anthro course I took many years ago, reading of a society that didn't ...
A: I am not aware of any extant societies (living societies) that do NOT have music. Having a belief ...
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| Society without music | 5/22/2009 | John Shea |
Q: I seem to remember, from an anthro course I took many years ago, reading of a society that didn't ...
A: Steve I thought I answered this question earlier this week, but it is still on the Allexperts site. ...
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| Naming of native tribes | 5/18/2009 | John Shea |
Q: Did the various native tribes in the Americas, Africa etc. name themselves or did the discoverers ...
A: Fred In the Americas, there is a lot of variation. In some cases the discoverers recorded the local ...
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| Palaeo websites | 5/17/2009 | John Shea |
Q: I've, along with many others, set up a website for following a raw, palaeolithic diet including ...
A: I will include this in the list of Internet Resources available to students in my "Primitive ...
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| Herbal use in Palaeolithic era | 5/1/2009 | John Shea |
Q: A zero-carber fanatic has recently claimed, on a forum, that herbal medicine wasn't used in the ...
A: This is a good news/bad news answer. The good news is that your logic is impeccable -living nonhuman ...
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| civilization | 4/22/2009 | John Shea |
Q: i have often wondered why did civilization(the process of building cities,armies,nation states,arts ...
A: Justin If you look at a map of the world and think about the places civilizations have arisen, the ...
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| Sumerian ethnicity | 4/16/2009 | John Shea |
Q: hope you can help. I've been wondering about the Sumerian civilization of ancient Mesopotamia ...
A: This is on the periphery of my expertise. Sumerian language is non-Semitic (at least such of it as ...
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| speed of evolution/stable species | 3/27/2009 | John Shea |
Q: I am a believer in the aquatic hominid theory for the emergence of H. h Sapiens. My question ...
A: Isolation and genetic drift/divergence is thought to be the most common source of speciation among ...
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| Maasai tribe modernization | 3/22/2009 | Gorkey Gourab |
Q: How come it seem that the Maasai people seem to have adapted successfully to Africa being modernized ...
A: Hope you are fine. Finding answers to your research question involves a lot of textual analysis, ...
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| Anthropology Market | 3/15/2009 | Gorkey Gourab |
Q: Hey I was just wondering what the salary and job market is like for students with a masters degree, ...
A: It's a too critical question. Generally the salary of each and every Anthropologists depends her/his ...
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| Careers in Business Anthropology | 3/15/2009 | Ralph Salier |
Q: I have a question about careers in the business aspect of social anthropology. I am in the process ...
A: I am a business anthropologist and there are others out there as well. Some that are into retail ...
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