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I'm currently a college student studying anthropology. I am particularly interested in archaeology, linguistics, and history. The power of words to enact significant change never ceases to amaze me.

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Sciences > Physical Anthropology Upper Midwest history: The Mississippian period: 1 of 1
The Mississippian Period (AD800 - AD1600) The Mississippian period was first identified by Smithsonian anthropologist W. H. Holmes, who examined several different pottery groups of eastern North America. His definition now extends to the cultural complexes that produced those ceramics (Green 1997). This period was characteri... More..
Sciences > Physical Anthropology Upper Midwest history: The late Paleo-Indian period: 1 of 1
Late Paleoindian (10,000BC - 9,200BC) Several changes occurred in the Late Paleoindian. Northern foraging territories increased as a result of continued deglaciation (Mason 1997). These foraging strategies were adapted by the Paleoindians to the lake and forest conditions that they encountered more frequently (Mason 1997). U... More..
Sciences > Physical Anthropology Upper Midwest history: The middle archaic period: 1 of 1
Middle Archaic (6,800BC - 3,800BC) The Middle Archaic period was characterized by increased ceremonialism and a change in occupation patterns. Evidence of large shell and midden heaps along rivers in the Upper Midwest indicates that, around 4,500BC, camp locations were occupied for longer and used more intensively (Milner 20... More..
Sciences > Physical Anthropology Upper Midwest history: Early Woodland period: 1 of 1
Early Woodland (800BC - 500BC) Important technological changes occurred as interregional contact increased. The characteristic signal for the Early Woodland period is the widespread use of pottery, which gained renewed attention. While containers had existed in various forms since the Middle Archaic, and possibly even earlie... More..
Sciences > Physical Anthropology Upper Midwest history: The early Paleo-Indian period: 1 of 1
Early Paleoindian (11, 500BC - 10,000BC) The Early Paleoindian was characterized by mobile hunter-gatherer bands of related individuals. They probably first entered the Upper Midwest following herds of caribou or other mid-sized animals with predictable migratory patterns (Green et al. 1986). The climatic and geographical ch... More..
Sciences > Physical Anthropology Upper Midwest history: The late archaic period: 1 of 1
Late Archaic (3,800BC - 800BC) Subsistence was still based on seasonal hunting and gathering. The primary subsistence pattern during winter was hunting. When the streams and rivers thawed during the summer months, fishing became predominant as a source of gathering nutrition. Fish were hunted using both spearing and angling.... More..
Health & Fitness > Reproductive Health Issues The answer to fertility may lie in your bones: 1 of 1
Infertility is a difficult problem to deal with, but one research team may have found the answer. The team, led by Professor Karim Nayernia, has been able to stimulate mesenchymal stem cells, which have the ability to differentiate into several cell types, into differentiating into early-stage sperm cells. The research team ... More..
Pets & Animals > Animal Rights & Issues Do animals have rights?: 37 of 64
The question of whether or not animals have rights is muddled, since many humans do not have certain rights either. The more important question is, what type of rights do animals have? A corollary question to that might be, why do they have those rights? Ethologists and others who study animals and their behavior have long a... More..
Sciences > Anthropology (Other) What 'survival of the fittest' means: 10 of 17
The phrase "survival of the fittest" was actually coined by the economist Herbert Spencer in 1864, and is not generally used in the scientific discussion of evolution because it may lead to misinterpretation. Instead, evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, and other scientists who deal with the concept of evolution prefer... More..
Education > Colleges & Universities (Other) Is professor bias a problem in our public colleges and universities?: 13 of 18
Professors are biased because professors are human - but this doesn't make it a problem in our public colleges and universities. A good professor has the obligation to be as honest and thorough in their courses as they can, but, like all of us, they can't be perfectly neutral all the time. In fact, if they were unbiased, stu... More..