The field of Anthropology is a robust and eclectic field of study that covers virtually all aspects of human existence, but focuses on social and cultural development. Its scope extends from the analysis of the oldest fossil records, tools, artifacts and evidences of society and culture to tell us hopefully the complete story of humanity. In recent years, the field has undoubtedly been reshaped as it adapts to the changes in advancements of technology and scientific instruments, which have allowed anthropologists to make new discoveries and rewrite the human story yet again, while simultaneously gleaning insight into our possible future.
The most important discoveries in anthropology come from evolutionary anthropology and the anthropology of technology. On one side, the recent discoveries of never before seen human fossils has again brought to the forefront the question of the true origins of the human species. On the other hand, the final frontiers of our journey as a species and what we are to become, is being tackled by anthropologists that envision technology as emergent, and that it will decenter the human species as the beginning and end to all questions of culture and society in general. …show more content…
Until the recent discovery of the Moroccan fossils, that are roughly 300,000 years old, the human origin question was thought to date between 160,000 and 190,000 years ago. However, Philipp Gunz and Max Planck from Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, findings from the Moroccan fossils “indicate that early Homo sapiens had faces much like our own, although their brains differed in fundamental ways.”(New York Times). This is particularly important discovery because it places modern day humans’ origins an additional 100,000 years back from what we had believed until
The most important discoveries in anthropology come from evolutionary anthropology and the anthropology of technology. On one side, the recent discoveries of never before seen human fossils has again brought to the forefront the question of the true origins of the human species. On the other hand, the final frontiers of our journey as a species and what we are to become, is being tackled by anthropologists that envision technology as emergent, and that it will decenter the human species as the beginning and end to all questions of culture and society in general. …show more content…
Until the recent discovery of the Moroccan fossils, that are roughly 300,000 years old, the human origin question was thought to date between 160,000 and 190,000 years ago. However, Philipp Gunz and Max Planck from Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, findings from the Moroccan fossils “indicate that early Homo sapiens had faces much like our own, although their brains differed in fundamental ways.”(New York Times). This is particularly important discovery because it places modern day humans’ origins an additional 100,000 years back from what we had believed until