Tag: human evolution

• Embodiment (and how to use it)

  

  When was the last time your brain thought about itself? When was the last time you noticed your skeleton inside you? It’s easy to forget that these parts of our bodies are intrinsic parts of ourselves. Our skeletons seem inorganic and passive; our thoughts seem separated from our physical bodies. But if our brains and…

  sarahmrosen92

  December 29, 2025

  Uncategorized

  anthropology, biology, embodied teaching, embodiment, evolution, high school education, human evolution, primary school education, science teacher, skeleton, teaching

• Who were the Neanderthals?

  

  After several weeks of eager anticipation, yesterday was finally the day. Yesterday I received my results for 23andMe, the DNA analysis programme that gives you the lowdown on your ancestry and any genetic health risk factors you may carry. And while my results were pretty much as I suspected, I found out something pretty cool.…

  sarahmrosen92

  January 9, 2017

  Concepts in Anthropology

  anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, biology, bones, evolution, human evolution, Paleoanthropology, science, skeleton

• The Evolution Debate

  Another subfield of biological anthropology that I’ve worked in is palaeoanthropology. Which, very simply, is the study of human evolution. And one of the most frustrating things I’ve experienced as an anthropologist is not evolution denial, but the very clear inability of people who do believe in evolution to give good answers to the questions put to…

  sarahmrosen92

  January 1, 2017

  Concepts in Anthropology

  anthropology, biology, evolution, human evolution