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May 16, 2018 • Robert Schott 1

Brain Size and Human Evolution

Let’s start off by getting something out of way immediately. We use a 100% of our brains everyday all the time even sleeping. The 10%...

April 17, 2018 • Robert Schott 1

Behavioral Modernity and the rise of Consciousness

What we call modern behaviors or behavioral modernity now seems to have started 500,000 years ago or even earlier. Shocking statement I know, especially given...

March 18, 2018 • Robert Schott 0

How Fossils Are Dated

A Fossil Dating Primer. The dead speak. Fossils are the language they use. Fossilization has been a great gift and speaking the language of ‘fossil’...

February 21, 2018 • Robert Schott 1

Is the Dali Skull the center of the Universe?

There are skeletons in the closet of Anthropology. I think we can all agree on that. Not unusual at all. In fact, quite normal for...

February 01, 2018 • Robert Schott 2

Well, well, well... what do we have here?

To be totally honest I am feeling a tad smug right about now and a little vindicated too I would say. It wasn’t even a...

January 30, 2018 • Robert Schott 0

Ancient Alien TV Show vs What the...? vs Anthropology

I am pretty sure I know how the Ancient Aliens TV show got started. A bunch of archaeologists were sitting around the fire in the...

January 18, 2018 • Robert Schott 0

Archaeology is the Pretty Boy of Anthropology

Let’s face it as far as Anthropology goes Archaeology is the sexy one. Everybody loves a good dig where you are discovering artifacts from ancient...

December 09, 2017 • Robert Schott 0

Anthropology: It's More Than Just Old Bones

This is a guest post from Nooha Sabanta Maula who is currently an Anthropology major. She lives and attends college in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This article...