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New year, New Projects, Back to Blogging!

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Adam Van Arsdale

I am not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, but I do welcome opportunities, arbitrary or not, to pause, reflect, and change direction. With the arrival of 2019, I am ready to jump back into the blogging world. This … Continue reading →

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Reason #8 to enroll in 207x

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Adam Van Arsdale

Continuing my series on the top 10 reasons to enroll in Anthropology 207x (Introduction to Human Evolution), which officially begins on May 6th…. Previous entries: #10 Origin stories are captivating. Scientific origin stories can be unifying. #9 It’s open and … Continue reading →

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More on the Hungarian racial purity story

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Anne Buchanan, writing at The Mermaid’s Tale, has more on the Hungarian racial purity story I commented on earlier in the week: It’s important to note that the testing did not precede the racial hatred, but it does serve to … Continue reading →

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Purity is not a genetic reality

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Nature has a news story out which highlights the truly frightening dark-side of human genetics research: Hungary’s Medical Research Council (ETT), which advises the government on health policy, has asked public prosecutors to investigate a genetic-diagnostic company that certified that … Continue reading →

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Philip Tobias: 1925-2012

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

I am late on this story, but Philip Tobias, South African anatomist and paleoanthropologist, a real giant in the field (despite being a very diminutive person in actuality), died last Thursday at the age of 86. The NY Times published … Continue reading →

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More on the biological treatment of race

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Following up on my partial defense of teaching race in the context of human biological variation, Anne Fausto-Sterling has a review of three recent books on the subject for the Boston Review. All three of the books reviewed seem interesting, … Continue reading →

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In defense of the treatment of race, in part, on biological/scientific grounds

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

One of the first issues I want to unpack from my just completed seminar on race is the treatment of race, in part, as a topic of biological and scientific relevance. The history of scientific racism is the history of … Continue reading →

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A two-day reading list on race

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

Our two-day race marathon seminar is over, and what a two-day marathon it was. The eleven of us who took part managed to have a more or less constant 7+ hours of discussion on an ever-evolving though connected series of … Continue reading →

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Speaking about race and whiteness…

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

…There are a couple of pieces I have been meaning to link to for awhile. As someone who spent way too much of my childhood playing video games, I am predisposed to like John Scalzi’s post at Kotaku using the … Continue reading →

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Race, race and race

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Adam Van Arsdale

My weekend was spent immersed in the world of U10 soccer, as my daughter was taking part in a tournament hosted by our town club. Between six games, field prep and volunteer concession stand duty, there was little time for … Continue reading →

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