Anthropology Lectures

Anthropology Lectures

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Smithsonian scientists and guest speakers give public lectures on topics within the fields of Anthropology, such as Archaeology, Linguistics, Ethnology, and Biological Anthropology.

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History


    • Sep 18, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 2 EPISODES


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    The Making of the Race: Are We So Different? Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2011 60:59


    View Dr. Yolanda Moses, chief curator for the development of the exhibition, RACE: Are We So Different?, speak about the creation of the exhibition. Dr. Yolanda T. Moses is a Professor of Anthropology, Universy of California Riverside and the Co-Chair of the National Advisory Committee for the American Anthropological Association RACE Project.

    The Kensington Runestone: True or False?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2011 57:42


    Discovered near Kensington, Minnesota, by Olof Ohman in 1898, the Kensington Runestone, a 200lb slab of grey rock covered on one side of runes, has been the subject of scholarly debate for over a century. If real, the Kensington Runestone would change history and suggest Scandinavian explorers reached the middle of North America earlier then scientists think---as early as the 14th century. This lecture is presented by Dr. Henrik Williams on 9/23/2010 in the Rose Room of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

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