Anthropology is everywhere, in everyone’s lives. It’s just up to us to record it.Tumblr (3.0; @anthropologically)http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e53e0481a0c244ea27a354c20ddb840b/tumblr_mj5ogvzAHI1rksqlvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/45051232440http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/45051232440Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:34:00 +0000as an FYII really like Taylor Swiftand seriously guys stop demonising herbut this is hilarious<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7PdQb-SpT24?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong> <p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” #4.4: Ceboids - Aotinae</strong></p> </strong></p> <p>D’aww!</p> <p>Features of haplorhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Diurnal (except tarsiers and owl monkey)</li> <li>Olfaction unimportant, dry noses with closed rhinarium</li> <li>Simple noses</li> <li>Colour vision (colour is the dominant sense)</li> <li>Full post-orbital closure (usually)</li> <li>Social</li> <li>Small/medium</li> </ul><p>Features of platyrrhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Also called New World Monkeys</li> <li>From South America</li> <li>Arboreal</li> <li>Most diurnal</li> <li>Quadrupedal</li> <li>One group with a prehensile tail</li> <li>Sideways-facing nostrils</li> <li>3 premolars</li> <li>2 or 3 molars</li> </ul><p>Features of aotinae:</p> <ul><li>Durnal titi monkey</li> <li>Nocturnal owl monkey</li> </ul>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4373100199http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4373100199Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:01:07 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj2a8fhvek1qiz3jio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://languageshellyeah.tumblr.com/post/4322283682">languageshellyeah</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Comically Linguistic:</strong> That’s right. The old ‘Eskimo words for snow’ myth. Where did this myth come from? A somewhat misunderstood and over exaggerated article published in 1940 by Benjamin Whorf. In this article, Whorf claimed there were 7 words for snow. Over time reporters exaggerated the number to make things more interesting. Eventually that number rose to 100, which sounds very interesting to a collector of incorrect facts (we all know <em>that</em> guy), but to linguists this is snow joking matter. Get it? Snow joking … yeah.</p> </blockquote>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4340857665http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4340857665Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:05:57 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj1987Kowb1qive1jo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>We are so accepting of these daily intrusions.</p>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4336303333http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4336303333Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:00:07 +0100anthropologycitysurveillancecamera“Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alfred L. Kroeber (via <a href="http://fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox.tumblr.com/">fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox</a>)</em>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4308418158http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4308418158Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:32:12 +0100anthropologyquotesciencehumanity<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZLRT3AC3SHE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><strong> <p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” #4.3: Ceboids - Atelines</strong></p> </strong> <p>Ok so it’s not a <em>real</em> spider monkey but the song was too brilliant to ignore.</p> <p>Features of haplorhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Diurnal (except tarsiers and owl monkey)</li> <li>Olfaction unimportant, dry noses with closed rhinarium</li> <li>Simple noses</li> <li>Colour vision (colour is the dominant sense)</li> <li>Full post-orbital closure (usually)</li> <li>Social</li> <li>Small/medium</li> </ul><p>Features of platyrrhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Also called New World Monkeys</li> <li>From South America</li> <li>Arboreal</li> <li>Most diurnal</li> <li>Quadrupedal</li> <li>One group with a prehensile tail</li> <li>Sideways-facing nostrils</li> <li>3 premolars</li> <li>2 or 3 molars</li> </ul><p>Features of atelines:</p> <ul><li>Largest New World monkeys</li> <li>Prehensile tails help support weight in trees</li> <li>Suspensory locomotion</li> <li>Eg. Spider monkey</li> </ul>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4285547099http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4285547099Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:05:07 +0100“Now, I’ve never been a fan of amphibians. Not only do they strengthen the argument for evolution, they are nature’s fence sitters. Come on, amphibians. Which is it? Water or land? Pick one, we’re at war.”<br/><br/> - <em>Stephen Colbert (via <a href="http://missshaw.tumblr.com/">missshaw</a>)</em>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4285369200http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4285369200Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:58:21 +0100““Generally finance, maths, numbers, money, traditionally have not been seen as a female thing. That’s all about the culture of power. And one way that you keep women away from the power traditionally is that not only do they not own the money, control the money, but they don’t understand the money. I feel very strongly about educating women about finance.””<br/><br/> - <em><p>Gillian Tett</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/31/creditcrunch-gillian-tett-financial-times">http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/31/creditcrunch-gillian-tett-financial-times</a>)</p></em>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4283593101http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4283593101Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:32:34 +0100financecredit crunchmoneypowerwomenempowermentanthropology<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liwswjIFEc1qhgszko1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox.tumblr.com/post/4261602660">fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating purple and green. Foreground — a picture of a fox. Top text: “Go to zoo” Bottom text: “Secure best Chimp viewing spot by loudly sharing gross primatology facts”]</p> <p><strong>Mod Note: Obnoxious fact sharing is a key skill. There should be a major required course in it.</strong></p> </blockquote>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4261787935http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4261787935Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:54:17 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hmdtfj-8MEg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong> <p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” #4.2: Ceboids - Cebids</strong></p> </strong></p> <p>I actually wrote in my notes “Capuchin - Ross’s monkey”.</p> <p>Features of haplorhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Diurnal (except tarsiers and owl monkey)</li> <li>Olfaction unimportant, dry noses with closed rhinarium</li> <li>Simple noses</li> <li>Colour vision (colour is the dominant sense)</li> <li>Full post-orbital closure (usually)</li> <li>Social</li> <li>Small/medium</li> </ul><p>Features of platyrrhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Also called New World Monkeys</li> <li>From South America</li> <li>Arboreal</li> <li>Most diurnal</li> <li>Quadrupedal</li> <li>One group with a prehensile tail</li> <li>Sideways-facing nostrils</li> <li>3 premolars</li> <li>2 or 3 molars</li> </ul><p>Features of cebids:</p> <ul><li>Diverse in feeding and ecology</li> <li>Eg. capuchins: medium sized, sexually dimorphic, practice polygny</li> <li>Eg. squirrel monkeys: medium sized, large group size</li> </ul><strong> <ul></ul></strong>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4259868020http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4259868020Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:00:06 +0100“11. Cross cousins are:<br/> a. angry relatives<br/> b. a boy’s father’s sister’s daughter, or his mother’s brother’s daughter<br/> c. a boy’s father’s brother’s daughter, or his mother’s sister’s daughter<br/> d. a girl’s mother’s sister’s son, or her father’s brother’s daughter”<br/><br/> - <em>P&C Michelmas test</em>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4258457109http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4258457109Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:26:33 +0100cross cousinsanthropologylol<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lixnxmKLNp1qive1jo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Let’s face it, anthropologists aren’t normal.</p> <p>From: http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1480#comic</p>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4236814092http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4236814092Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:44:10 +0100anthropologymurderous nativesethnographysmbc<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jun/21/chimpanzees-territory-killing-neighbours">Chimpanzees Go To War</a>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4236189577http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4236189577Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:08:46 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Mb7hP4-KtAU?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span> <p><strong> <p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” #4.1: Ceboids - Callitrichidae</strong></p> <p>Monkeys with moustaches!</p> <p>Features of haplorhines (again!):</p> <ul><li>Diurnal (except tarsiers and owl monkey)</li> <li>Olfaction unimportant, dry noses with closed rhinarium</li> <li>Simple noses</li> <li>Colour vision (colour is the dominant sense)</li> <li>Full post-orbital closure (usually)</li> <li>Social</li> <li>Small/medium</li> </ul><p>Features of platyrrhines:</p> <ul><li>Also called New World Monkeys</li> <li>From South America</li> <li>Arboreal</li> <li>Most diurnal</li> <li>Quadrupedal</li> <li>One group with a prehensile tail</li> <li>Sideways-facing nostrils</li> <li>3 premolars</li> <li>2 or 3 molars</li> </ul><p>Features of callitrichidae:</p> <ul><li>Marmosets and tamarins</li> <li>Extremely small, largest <1kg</li> <li>Claws (tegulae) re-evolved from nails</li> <li>Scamper like squirrels</li> <li>Not sexually dimorphic</li> <li>Twin births usual</li> </ul></strong></p> </span></p>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4235107972http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4235107972Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:00:06 +0100primatehaplorhineplatyrrhineceboidcallitrichidaemarmosettamarinanthropologymustachemonkey<a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_19042_6-terrifying-ways-crows-are-way-smarter-than-you-think.html">Barely anthropological, but it makes our ancestors look A Bit Shit</a>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4232555266http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4232555266Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:49:23 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-S8UFtCiHxw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span> <p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” #3: Tarsiers</strong></p> <p>Tarsiers never move in videos, so I picked one with stills and an amusing soundtrack instead.</p> <p>Features of haplorhines:</p> <ul><li>Diurnal (except tarsiers and owl monkey)</li> <li>Olfaction unimportant, dry noses with closed rhinarium</li> <li>Simple noses</li> <li>Colour vision (colour is the dominant sense)</li> <li>Full post-orbital closure (usually)</li> <li>Social</li> <li>Small/medium</li> </ul><p>Features of tarsiers:</p> <ul><li>Found in South East Asia - Borneo, Sulawesi and Philippines</li> <li>4 species</li> <li>Small</li> <li>Arboreal</li> <li>Rapid leapers</li> <li>Insectivorous (ew!)</li> <li>No tooth comb</li> <li>No grooming claw</li> <li>No tapetum lucidum</li> <li>Partial post-orbital closure</li> <li>Unfused mandible</li> <li>Act like strepsirhines</li> </ul></span></p>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4210282691http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4210282691Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:00:07 +0100primatehaplorhinetarsiiriformtarsieranthropologyspiderman“A higher culture is one that recognizes that we are all equally human”<br/><br/> - <em>ANT Lecture - Linguistics; January 20, 2011. (via <a href="http://cait-thecrusader.tumblr.com/">cait-thecrusader</a>)</em>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4189707490http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4189707490Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:47:26 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tiCTgd8s4Ps?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” #2: Lorises</strong></p> <p>Ever wanted to tickle a slow-moving loris?</p> <p>Features of strepsirhines (in case you forgot!):</p> <ul><li>Mainly nocturnal</li> <li>Rely on their sense of smell</li> <li>No colour vision but can see well in twilight</li> <li>Asocial</li> <li>Smaller brains than the haplorhines</li> <li>Small-medium in size</li> <li>Move by vertical clinging and leaping</li> <li>Unfused mandible</li> <li>Curly noses</li> <li>Tooth combs</li> <li>Grooming claws</li> </ul><p>Features of lorises:</p> <ul><li>Small-bodied</li> <li>Nocturnal</li> <li>Arboreal</li> <li>From South East Asia: Slow-moving Lorises</li> <li>From Africa: Galagos (smaller, rapid leapers)</li> </ul>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4185907538http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4185907538Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:00:06 +0100<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O2LCMhSxjWE?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Alex posts youtube videos of primates as “revision” <span>#1: Lemurs</span></strong></p> <p><span>I like how this one has them in the wild and how you can see them leaping about. Really shows off their vertical clinging and leaping locomotion.</span></p> <p><span><span>Features of strepsirhines:</span></span></p> <ul><li>Mainly nocturnal</li> <li>Rely on their sense of smell</li> <li>No colour vision but can see well in twilight</li> <li>Asocial</li> <li>Smaller brains than the haplorhines</li> <li>Small-medium in size</li> <li>Move by vertical clinging and leaping</li> <li>Unfused mandible</li> <li>Curly noses</li> <li>Tooth combs</li> <li>Grooming claws</li> </ul><p>Features of lemurs:</p> <ul><li>Found in Madagascar</li> <li>32 species</li> <li>Small/medium</li> <li>Move by vertical clinging and leaping</li> <li>Variable activity patterns (nocturnal or diurnal)</li> <li>Females are dominant</li> </ul>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4183647415http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4183647415Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:07:54 +0100anthropologylemurlemuriformstrepsirhineprimateMadagasgar<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lipjyjLSZC1qhgszko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox.tumblr.com/post/4148347695">fuckyeahanthropologymajorfox</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>[Picture: Background — a six piece pie style colour split, alternating purple and green. Foreground — a picture of a fox. Top text: “Request an australopithecine skull cast” Bottom text: “As a birthday gift”]</p> </blockquote>http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4183468734http://anthropologically.tumblr.com/post/4183468734Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:51:48 +0100