Paleoanthropology Is a Field in Which There Have Been Many

question 77

Essay

Paleoanthropology is a field in which there have been many strong and "flamboyant" personalities (see discussion of Leakey on p.140).In your discussion of the field of paleoanthropology,explain how it may or may not be different from other areas of anthropological inquiry as far as the type of scientist that is drawn to this work.Use the examples of the scientist Louis Leakey and the fraudulent Charles Dawson in your discussion of this area of anthropology.

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