ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Foramen Magnum, Paul Broca, Fieldnotes
24 May 2018
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Anthro 2A Lecture 6 - May 23, 2018
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●Attach photo of you and your information
●Attach your fieldnotes
●Include your word count for the essay (2000 words minimum)
●Please include your name, ID #, and TA’s name
●Staple or clip your pictures and field notes to your essay before coming to class
●You may use “I” when referring to yourself
●You should check grammar and spelling
●Focus on the life and personal experiences of your informant
●Give details from their lived experiences
●Don’t bring in examples from our classes that are not related to your informant’s life
experience
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Paul Broca
●In the 19th century (1800s), most anthropologist claimed there were significant biological
difference between human races which they generally attributed to biological evolution
●Paul Broca established the anthropological society of Paris in 1859 which was the same
year Darwin published “One the Origin of species”
●Broaca claimed there was a hierarchy of human evolution anglo-saxons
●Anglo-Saxons was on top and Australian Aborigines was on the bottom
●Paul Broca used a number of researched approaches to try to “prove” European were
more evolved than other races
●One example, Broca used was to compare relative forearm length between different racial
groups
●Broca compared forearm lengths between samples from European, African, and Asian
population
●The Asians in his sample had the shortest forearm length
●Broca was disappointed
●Broca tried comparing overall skull volume between sample from different populations
●In his samples, the skulls which had the largest volume came from Mongolia
●He then looked at skull length and claimed that longer skulls were evidence of higher
evolution supposedly had room for a larger frontal lobe
●The longest skulls in his sample came from Africa
●Broca tried comparing the placement of the skull foramen magnum
●He argued a more forward position of the foramen magnum represented greater evolution
Document Summary
Anthro 2a lecture 6 - may 23, 2018. Attach photo of you and your information. Include your word count for the essay (2000 words minimum) Please include your name, id #, and ta"s name. Staple or clip your pictures and field notes to your essay before coming to class. You may use i when referring to yourself. Focus on the life and personal experiences of your informant. Don"t bring in examples from our classes that are not related to your informant"s life experience. In the 19th century (1800s), most anthropologist claimed there were significant biological difference between human races which they generally attributed to biological evolution. Paul broca established the anthropological society of paris in 1859 which was the same year darwin published one the origin of species . Broaca claimed there was a hierarchy of human evolution anglo-saxons. Anglo-saxons was on top and australian aborigines was on the bottom.
