Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Homework version 3.0

This week the homework is select some websites that are interesting for my area of study, which is Physical Anthropology. The following list is making with my poor knowledge of websites in english, but it is the best that I can do.
I hope you enjoy the information that I share here with you.

Human Evolution
http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/evol.html
This website have information and document summarizing the hominid fossil record and hypothesized lines of human evolution from 5 million years ago to the present.
The emphasis here are the hominids and their evolution, and the explanation of why we are like we are today. The website have very good charts and pictures.

The Leakey Foundation
http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/
The Leakeys are a dynasty of pioneering fossil hunters. The Leakey family has been remarkable in the sheer numbers of fossil and tool discoveries and the vast amount of data its members have contributed to the fields of paleontology and anthropology. They have discovered some of the most important fossil that we know, expanding our knowledge about our origins as human.

The eSkeletons Project
http://www.eskeletons.org/
This is a very good website if you want to know more about bones and you doesn't have much knowledge in that area. It's very friendly and easy to understand, with pictures of each bone in particular. The best thing is that there are several kind of apes, so there is an emphasis in the study of human and primate comparative anatomy.

Forensic Entomology
http://www.forensicentomology.com/
Even when the entomology isn't an area so familiar to the a
nthropologist, it is very important to know that this science is key to understand the crime escene and the decomposition of corpses. A basic knowledge of the general appearance of insect of forensic importance, and a basic understanding of the proper methods for their collection, allow investigators and physical anthropologists to make accurate and representative collections from the death scene.

1 comment:

maria byrne said...

Is the Leaky site related to -The site of Richard Leakey's excavation in the Sibiloi National Park? I read about this in the Constant Gardener - do you know the book?