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What is Anthropology?

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Primate Communication

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Introduction




Introduction to Barbara King




What is Anthropology?




Becoming Interested in Anthropology




Looking at Our Past





Studying Primate Behavior





Focus of Research




Primate Communication




Primate Emotions and the Origins of Religion




Social Emotional Roots





Public Anthropology





Overcoming the Challenges of Research




Working with Animals




Sticking with the Case Study Method




A Role for Qualitative Research




Advice from Jane Goodall




Collaborating with Others on a Good Idea





For Future Researchers




For Future Researchers




Bringing Research to the Public




Pursuing a Career that Involves the Study of Animals




Pursuing Research as an Undergraduate




Advice for Graduate and PhD Students




The Joy of Science and Working for Social Change




A Greater Diversity of Voices

 
 
Further Reading
      • Alan Fogel, Barbara J. King, Stuart Shanker, Eds. Human Development in the 21st Century: Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
      • Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Relision. Doubleday, 2007.
      • The Dynamic Dance: Nonvocal Communication in the African Apes. Harvard University Press, 2004.
 

Introduction

Introduction to Barbara King

What is Anthropology?

Becoming Interested in Anthropology

Looking at Our Past

Studying Primate Behavior


Focus of Research

Primate Communication

Primate Emotions and the Origins of Religion

Social Emotional Roots

Public Anthropology


Overcoming the Challenges of Research

Working with Animals

Sticking with the Case Study Method

A Role for Qualitative Research

Advice from Jane Goodall

Collaborating with Others on a Good Idea


For Future Researchers

For Future Researchers

Bringing Research to the Public

Pursuing a Career that Involves the Study of Animals

Pursuing Research as an Undergraduate

Advice for Graduate and PhD Students

The Joy of Science and Working for Social Change

A Greater Diversity of Voices

 
 
 

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  • Nobel Laureate Peter C. Doherty, Ph.D.
    (Science, Public Policy, Language Arts)

  • Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
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  • Nobel Laureate Douglas Osheroff, Ph.D.
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  • Christopher F. McKee, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy
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  • Barbara J. King, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology
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  • Ed Penhoet, Ph.D., President (2004-2007), Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
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  • Kavita N. Ramdas, President & CEO, Global Fund for Women
    (Social Studies, Human Rights, Social Justice)

  • David Williams, General Counsel and Secretary to the University, Vanderbilt University
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  • Jeff Bluestone, Ph.D., Director, UCSF Diabetes Center
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  • Robert Calderbank, Ph.D., Former Vice President of Research AT & T Labs
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  • Edward M. Hirsch, President, Guggenheim Foundation
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  • Elizabeth Lindenmayer, Former Deputy Chief of Cabinet, The United Nations
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  • Irwin Kra, Executive Director, Math for America
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  • Peter T. Cooper, President, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga
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  • Ray Peterson, Headmaster, Bard High School Early College
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