Anthropology at NSF-Current Status

Albert Doja in current anthropology

In the course of anti-structuralist criticism, the main thrust of LéviStrauss’s epistemological approach seems to have been lost, to the collective detriment of social sciences and anthropology. By its monumental character, Lévi-Strauss’s work evokes that of the founders of anthropology, whereas, by the way in which it puts in relation the cultural and the mental, it anticipates a theoretical a...

Medical anthropology at home.

Evolution and growth at NSF.

942 Evidence for Great Holocene Earthquakes Along the Outer Coast of Washington State: B. F. ATWATER 944 Interferon-y and B Cell Stimulatory Factor-1 Reciprocally Regulate Ig Isotype Production: C. M. SNAPPER AND W. E. PAUL 947 Electrophoretic Evidence for Genetic Diploidy in the Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum): P. G. WOLF, C. H. HAUFLER, E. SHEFFIELD 949 Effect of Lizards on Spider Populati...

Forensic Anthropology : Current Tools , Future Concepts

Traditionally, methodology within forensic anthropology has involved very basic techniques of measurement, observation and interpretation. Rooted in the academic fields of anatomy and physical anthropology, forensic anthropology has grown to address problems of recovery, determination of species, estimation of age at death, sex, ancestry, stature, postmortem interval, and the evaluation of evid...

Socioeconomic Status and Current Cigarette Smoking Status: Immigrants’ Diminished Returns

Introduction: Although socioeconomic status (SES) resources influence population and individual health behaviors, socially marginalized groups gain significantly less health from their SES indicators, such as education and income, compared to the socially privileged groups. This pattern is called marginalization-related diminished returns (MDRs). However, most of the MDRs liter...