Some Reflections on Fifty Years in Biological Anthropology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2296203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph B Birdsell (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Anthropology (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6570 • E-ISSN: 1545-4290 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.an.16.100187.000245 |
| OpenAlex | W2165806563 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Looking back over 50 years has tempted me to offer an overview of the changing intellectual scenery of the subject, even though some subjectivity is involved.The dominant figure intellectually in physical anthropology in America for more than 40 years was Earnest Albert Hooton.He was a remarkable man personally, offering his students all the virtues of charity, warmth, support, and a genuine friendliness.His failing lay at a professional level, where he championed the anthropometry of the individual and never accepted the development of the new systematics as it emerged during his lifetime.As his students we knew that he had started out in the classics.We were not aware that having qualified for a Rhodes scholarship in 1907, he deferred going at once to Oxford and instead attended the University of Wisconsin to do graduate work.He received a degree of M.A. in the classics in 1908, and a Ph.D. in 1911.This classical background, combined with his native abilities, helps to explain his superb manner of communicating both in writing and in speech.Entering University College in Oxford in 1910, he attended a seminar on Sophocles and found it unrewarding
Biological anthropology · Geography · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease · Race, Genetics, and Society
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
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| Citation span | 1991 - 2022 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |