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The Study of Small Groups and Microevolution: A Project for Physical Anthropology
Author(s) -
RICE PATRICIA C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1985.16.4.04x0403m
Subject(s) - microevolution , biological anthropology , sociology , anthropology , sociology of education , indonesian , social science , gender studies , population , demography , linguistics , philosophy
The author describes a hands‐on project where students play the role of professional physical anthropologists in collecting and analyzing data on a small group of contemporary humans. Use of simulated data to represent ancestral populations results in an analysis of microevolution.