admin | 13. April 2011
Charles Darwin once referred to Alexander von Homboldt as “The greatest scientific traveler who ever lived”. Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a scientific German explorer and naturalist who travelled to most parts of Latin America and the world in search of modern botanical geography. He is known as the last Renaissance [...]
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Charles Darwin particularly avoided specific mention of the origins of humans in his popular writings known as ‘On the Origin of Species’, which was first published in 1859. However, later in 1871, his work that is titled ‘Descent of Man’, he went on to talk about some physical human traits, particularly when looked at in [...]
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Magnus Hundt was born at Magdeburg in 1449 and died in Meissen in 1519. He is a renowned German theologian, physician and philosopher of high repute. In joint collaboration with Otto Casmann, Hundt is generally regarded as one of the founders of contemporary anthropology, by the scientific community. As a matter of fact, the term [...]
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Through intense concentration and meditation a positive attitude of one’s self towards the world around is generated which helps in a change process inside out. Started from the origins of Buddhism, Yoga has gained popularity in physical, mental and spiritual disciplines. The idea is to focus thoroughly on a single object with all the limbs [...]
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Very often, it has been observed that many people experience total or partial inability to calm themselves or relax. This may particularly be so after they have been excessively mistreated or angered. Well, there are a number of useful guidelines that can help to slowly calm themselves, after experiencing such circumstances. These guidelines are quite [...]
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Human are endowed with a number of inherent self healing mechanisms. As such, most self healing disciplines strongly draw upon this natural inclination of the human body towards its own healing power. Some of the vital self healing procedures and innovative techniques include breathing therapy, visualization and self massage. Nevertheless, self healing is not just [...]
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Anthropological knowledge has played an important role in the development of educational science and practical pedagogic. Pedagogical theory offers the most optimum way for students to learn. In the historical days, children were taught through memorization. A method to systemize the positive study of students of pedagogy with the view of establishing philosophic principles of [...]
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One of the highly developed areas of anthropology includes the concept of medical anthropology. It focuses on factors relating to health and well being of individuals, community and the environment from social, cultural, biological and linguistic aspects. It was developed in the mid 20th century with the purpose of building applications to change the hospital [...]
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The physical anthropology implies the study of human and animals’ similarity and divergence. The application of physical anthropology in the identification of human remains, skeletal or badly decomposed, builds up the concept of forensic anthropology. This concept is mostly used in criminal cases in which identification of deceased individuals is required, the remains of whom [...]
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Educational anthropology, commonly known as a sub-branch of anthropology, is popularly associated very closely with the revolutionary beak-through scrupulously achieved by George Spindler in this scientific field. As its name clearly suggests, educational anthropology chiefly focuses on education, though temporally its direct approach towards education may tend to center more on the cultural facets of [...]