Anthropology!

Where else can you...

• hang out with chimpanzees
• read Mayan hieroglyphics ... and understand the mythology
• study the effects of climate change on farmers ... in Maine or Malaysia
• be adopted by an Inuit family ... speak their language ... and learn how they're coping with the melting of the Arctic ice
• learn how to cook with plantains ... or to prepare a spiky durian
• dance in an Irish pub or Balinese temple
• hear and tell stories of heroes and saints
• map farmers' fields and city blocks ... with an eye to understanding people's economic and social relationships
• take a class in basket weaving (seriously!)
• in a village near Bangalore, India, watch a performance of an episode from the Mahabharata ... and understand what's going on
• in Bangalore itself, talk with college students about their jobs in a call center

... and figure out how to tie all these together by talking with people about their lives, about the ways they see the world?

	Cultural Anthropology explores and interprets the diversity of human societies and cultures. What would Miss Manners say ... if she lived in Botswana?
	Linguistic Anthropology examines language as a human activity: its history and development, form and structure, social purposes, and cultural meanings. What makes a joke funny?
	Archaeology recovers prehistoric and historic life ways through the analysis of artifacts and physical remains. Discover the desire to spend hours sifting through the dirt looking for bones and pots.
	Physical Anthropology includes the study of human evolution and physical variation and the comparative analysis of primate biology and behavior. Forensic anthropologists work in CSI for real!