Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 130  Ethnography Project

Your research paper must be 5-6 pages in length with at least 6 separate sources.  You should have a cover page with the title of your paper centered in the middle of the page or toward the top.  Your name, the course title, instructor’s name and date should be on the lower left hand side of the page.  The cover page is not numbered, nor is the bibliography, the last page.  All other pages must be numbered.

 Internet sources must be scholarly journals, magazines or newspapers/ you must also cite books pertaining to your subject.

www.cuyamaca.net/library/articles (magazines, journals, newspapers, other databases: Infotrac, Country Watch, etc.) for the New York Times check the Science section Tuesdays  www.nytimes.com/science   

Parenthetical citations and attached bibliography must follow the MLA format

MLA Handbook LB2369 G52 in the Cuyamaca Library and can be checked out

Suggested Topics

The Human Genome Project

Recombinant DNA technology

DNA fingerprinting

Cloning

Stem Cell Research

Genetic disorders/dominant/recessive

Mendelian disorders inherited as X-Linked recessive traits

Autosomal disorders

Development of Modern Evolutionary Theory

Natural Selection/variation/Sickle-cell, Tay-Sachs

Reptile radiation

Mammalian Evolution

Mammalian Groups/monotremes, marsupials, placental

Macroevolution/Speciation/gradual/punctuated equilibrium

Nonhuman primates (diet, dispersal, reproductive strategies, social organization, dominance, communication, culture)

Prosimians/tarsiers

Monkeys/Old/New World

Apes/ gibbons, siamangs

Orangutans, gorillas, bonobos, chimpanzees

Endangered Primates

Molecular Applications in Primatology

Hominid Evolution (Bipedal Adaptation)

Hominids: sites, researchers, dating methods used, remains, morphology, cranial capacities, teeth, adaptive patterns, geological time period, tool technologies, cultural time period (symbolic behavior where applicable)

Sahelanthropus tchandenis

Orrorin tugenensis

Ardipithecus

Australopithecines/gracile/robust

Early Homo

Homo antecessor

Homo erectus/ergaster

Homo heidelbergensis

Neandertals

The transition to Anatomically Modern Humans Homo sapiens

The Replacement Model (out-of-Africa) Theory vs. The Multiregional Theory

Ancient DNA

Mitochondrial Eve

Other significant sites:

Java, Indonesia

Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia

Bouri, Ethiopia

Gran Dolina,Spain

Bodo, Ethiopia

“Sima de los Huesos,” Spain

Jinniushan, China

Terra Amata, France

Schoningen, Germany

Moula-Guercy Cave, France

Vindija, Croatia

Shanidar, Iraq

Tabun, Qafzeh, Mt. Carmel, Israel

Abrigo do Lagar Velho, Portugal

Lake Mungo, Australia

Herto, Ethiopia

Flores, Indonesia Homo floresiensis

Upper Paleolithic Culture (culture takeoff, technology, art, symbolic thought and behavior, language) must include sites

Population Genetics

Human Biocultural Evolution

Skin cancer and UV Radiation

HIV/AIDS SARS< Ebola Nutritional Effects on Growth and Development> >Human Impact on the Planet and Other Life Forms

Other websites;

http://ib.berkeley.edu/faculty/whitet.html

www.becominghuman.org

www.aaanet.org

www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins

www.indiana.edu/~origins

SocioSite: Social and Cultural Anthropology http://www2.fmg.uva.nl/sociosite/topics/anthropo.html

A large directory of anthropology related websites from all over the world maintained by Albert Benschop, Sociology Department, the University of Amsterdam.

Anthropology Resources on the Internet
http://www.anthropologie.net/

Anthropology Resources on the Internet
http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm

A list of web resources from the American Anthropological Association.

WWWorld of Archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America)
http://www.archaeology.org/wwwarky/wwwarky.html

"The WWWorld of Archaeology includes indexes to archaeological web sites and the home pages of archaeological organizations and journals."

NativeWeb Resources: Anthropology and Archeology
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/anthropology_archeology

"Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World."

Anthropology Biography Web
http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/information/biography/index.shtml