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Physical anthropology in the U.S.A.: The malaise and its cure
Author(s) -
Roberts D. F.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330250209
Subject(s) - malaise , subject (documents) , flourishing , biological anthropology , weakness , sociology , psychology , anthropology , medicine , social psychology , library science , computer science , immunology , anatomy
Physical anthropology in the U.S.A. shows symptoms of a malaise giving cause for concern. It is argued that their origin does not lie in weakness in the subject, which elsewhere is more flourishing, like other life sciences, than it has ever been; nor in a lack of student interest; but in historical inertia. This affects the affiliation of the subject, undergraduate teaching, graduate training, and opportunities for professional practice.