Academic papers on Anthropology

Loss of Body Hair by Humans
This is a 6 page paper which discusses the various theories of the evolution of hairlessness in humans. The bibliography has 4 sources.
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Distinctions Between Child Abuse and Traditional Practices?
A 10 page consideration of what constitutes child abuse. The author defines child abuse and describes some of the traditional practices that are considered abuse from a Western perspective. The emphasis is made that when a child is being...
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"Primate Behavioral Ecology: From Ethnography to Ethology and Back"
An 8 page review of an article published in the March, 2003 edition of the "American Anthropologist" by author Karen B. Strier. The article's focus is delineated and the content criticized both in relation to the work her literature review...
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The Many Faces of Tourism
A 10 page overview of the many forms that tourism can take. This paper points to the advantages of ecotourism and archaeotourism in protecting resources while generating revenues. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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The Amish Subculture
An 8 page overview of the subculture we know as the Amish. The author describes the factors that make this group a subculture to the American mainstream culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Social Action for Survival: India's Chipco Movement, Malaysia's Penan Movement, and Chico Mendes' Brazilian Rubber Tappers' Movement
A 4 page overview of these three environmental movements. The author emphasizes that these movements have been the desperate acts of traditional peoples to save their indigenous lands, lands upon which their very survival as a people depends. ...
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Death and Spirituality in Different Cultures
This 7 page paper examines spirituality and the subject of death and how it manifests in different cultures. The perspectives discussed are Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian and Puerto Rican. An abstract is included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Ferraro/Cultural Dimension of International Business
A 4 page book review of Gary Ferraro's text The Culture Dimension of International Business (2003). Ferraro first lays out the need to understand other cultures on a practical level, defining culture and showing how the interplay of anthropological...
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ET: Incas, Mayans, and Egyptians
An 8 page paper which examines the link between extraterrestrials and the ancient civilizations of the Incas, the Mayans, and the Egyptians. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The History of Cocaine
A 6 page discussion of the early history of cocaine. The author traces cocaine from the coca plant utilized by the traditional peoples of the Andes through the late nineteenth century and the invention of Coca Cola and various other products that...
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Population Control in Indonesia and Vietnam
This 15 page paper examines Vietnam and Indonesia, the two child only policy and issues concerning birth control. How each state embraces gender issues is discussed. Population control is the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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Richard Leakey: Early Man
This 3 page paper discusses Leakey's theory of the evolution of humankind, as well as the differences between Neanderthal man and modern man. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Death Penalty in Michigan
A 3 page research paper that argues in favor of the implementation of the death penalty in Michigan. The essay attempts to refute argument against the death penalty and focuses on the stance that it can be implemented justly. Bibliography lists 3...
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Anthropological Interviewing/Religion
A 5 page research paper that describes an interview conducted by the writer/tutor with a member of the Moravian church. The paper focuses on the interview as an anthropological process, describing what was learned about the interviewee's religious...
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The Significance of the Voyage
This 8 page paper looks at the concept of the voyage and what it has meant to man over time. Historical facts are conveyed about the earliest voyages in human history in addition to more recent ones. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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