Social Science

The first cities formed when places along the most travelled pathways, trade routes or migration routes had the most desirable features: water supply, defensibility, and access. As civilizations developed, the most powerful leaders were able to accrue the resources and…
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 What is Anthropology? The word “anthropology” comes from the Greek words “anthropos”, meaning “man”, and “logia”, meaning “to study”. So, in simple terms, anthropology is the study of man. A more complete explanation of the discipline is that anthropologists study…
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Darwin wrote the Origin of Species in 1859.  He does not use the term evolution, but he does speak at length about natural selection.  The greatest problem, although it was certainly not Darwin’s fault, was that people interpreted the “selection”…
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Rarely, if ever are the costs of a criminal act added up and reported in full. Sometimes the costs take decades for a complete tally. At other times, the costs are relatable, but not calculable. But invariably, the costs of…
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In the original sense, urbanization referred to the mass migration of people from the farming regions and rural estates to the industrial centers and commercial centers. The industrial revolution led people to new opportunities in life, and away from farming…
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A joke is going around about independent voters. If they ever become a party, then they are no longer independent, are they? But the truth is that the growth in numbers of voters who do not support the overall platform…
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There is always a difficulty in dealing with the topic of criminal rehabilitation as a unified topic, because there are just too many causes of criminal behavior. There are far too many areas of human frailty that must be dealt…
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Conspiracy theories have been around almost as long as human beings and they have become an integral part of our everyday life. The United States seems to be a particularly fertile field for these theories, both as a source and…
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Lewis Henry Morgan was a distinguished American anthropologist, writer and New York-based lawyer during the 19th century. Morgan is best known and credited for founding scientific anthropology and for introducing a comprehensive study on kinship system which led to numerous…
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It is a common myth that disputes arise in social networking because of the lack of human physiological referents: the raised brow, the smile, or even the look in the eye that signals a joke or sarcasm.  The reality is…
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