Discoveries on Anthropology!

Since I'm in the midst of revising for my final year papers. I just thought I'd blog on anthropology & give emphasis on what fascinates me most. #1 I love the whole idea that race does not exist. We are all Homo Sapien. Skin color, eye color, hair color are all simple environmental adaptations and are epiphenomenal, but genetically we are all the same! Race is a human construct to lump people into categories, but it does not exist! You cannot prove a race through DNA. Coolest fact on the planet yet at the same time, when we finally accept that race does not exist; it gets very frustrating become we now have to convince the rest of the world.

#2 Humans have walked this earth for 2.5 Million years for Homo Sapiens, but if you want to include our ancestors, we date back 4 Million years.

#3 Is Cultural Relativism even possible? Can you really see a culture on their own terms, without your own cultural biases? I think you can try your best but you will always carry something from your culture with you, which will make your work biased in some way. Big bummer! I guess there's a limit to how objective one can be.

#4 The only thing that can't be classified as a social construct is biological evolution!

#5 "survival of the fittest". Contrary to popular assumption, "fittest" does not mean the best in everything, or the meanest and strongest, or an improvement towards a higher goal. It means "best adapted to exploit a hitherto un-occupied niche to ensure survival of further generations"

:)