Part One: Information on human kinds past, present, and future have always been important for us to try and understand why we’re here and how we got here. Starting with the past, anthropology is the study of human kind, as well as the study of evolution. This is the discipline that is responsible for finding Lucy, our oldest known ancestor, and actually, the social scientist that found Lucy was Mary Leakey, the wife of Louis Leakey, who was also a social scientist, and as a result they made sure they did not work in the same area, as they did not want their discoveries to be taken from their spouse. This field is known for helping people understand how we became who we are, as well as why we are here, even if it does not have all of the answers yet.
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For anthropology, the abuse of aboriginals dates back to Columbus, where the sailors stole Native American girls away from their families and brought them back to their country to claim them as their wives. This inhumane act was not the worst of the abuse that came to Native American women following the arrival of Christopher Columbus, as many of them were also raped and murdered, showing just how much society has changed since 1492. On the other hand, psychology is also important to mention, as has been a stigma against native women ever since Europe discovered America, as they were thought of to be sub-human, as they did not have the amenities that Europe had managed to discover at that time, and lived very spiritual and natural lives. Finally, the discipline of sociology would be involved as this is a social phenomenon, this is not simply one person acting against these women, it is thousands of people saying that these women are not worth anything, as these crimes against natives have been documented since 1970, though they have been occurring since 1492, when white men first came to this
For anthropology, the abuse of aboriginals dates back to Columbus, where the sailors stole Native American girls away from their families and brought them back to their country to claim them as their wives. This inhumane act was not the worst of the abuse that came to Native American women following the arrival of Christopher Columbus, as many of them were also raped and murdered, showing just how much society has changed since 1492. On the other hand, psychology is also important to mention, as has been a stigma against native women ever since Europe discovered America, as they were thought of to be sub-human, as they did not have the amenities that Europe had managed to discover at that time, and lived very spiritual and natural lives. Finally, the discipline of sociology would be involved as this is a social phenomenon, this is not simply one person acting against these women, it is thousands of people saying that these women are not worth anything, as these crimes against natives have been documented since 1970, though they have been occurring since 1492, when white men first came to this