In part 2 of The Origins of Anthropology, Gill, Lulu and Kelsey review the history of anthropology and archaeology after ~1950 and after culture historical archaeology and anthropological thought, starting with early functional processual archaeology and ending with post-processualism. Exciting, no?? (Honestly, it’s a bit of a slog, bear with us). We will have one more part 3 of this series, wrapping up post-processualism and chatting specifically about indigenous and feminist anthropology.

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Following up on their first episode, Origin Stories, Gill, Lulu and Kelsey delve into the "origins" of anthropology and archaeology. Where does archaeology start and anthropology end? What nefarious deeds did Napoleon commit in Egypt? Who is Franz Boas? What's that darned name of the guy who also had the idea of evolution at the same time as Darwin?

Find out the answers to these questions and more in Part 1 of Pertaining to People's third episode!

In this special episode, Gill and our new host Kelsey use Earth Day as an opportunity to reflect on humans' long history with the environment, how that has changed, where we are now in the "Anthropocene", and where we might get to in the future.

They also chat about fun facts surrounding material culture. What our ancestors might have used instead of plastic bags, or if you are worried about running out of toilet paper, don't fret! Kelsey and Gill talk about what our ancestors might have used instead.

For our very first episode, we want to focus on some firsts in human history. There's a lot, so we just chose a couple. Who was the “first” modern human ancestor? What about the first technology - stone tools? And with those human ancestors, what did the beginning of farming look like, and what are the origins of large human settlements? These are the questions Gill and Lulu attempt to answer in this first episode of Pertaining to People.

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