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Evolutionary Biology and Archaeology Page
Evolutionary Biology and Archaeology Page
The Major Field of Anthropology is vast and far reaching.  Currently there are four major subfields of Anthropology which are, Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, Socioanthropology and Lingistics.  Each of these fields have supplied critical information to Anthropology and the Scientific Field in general.
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What makes us human?

Before we can explore human evolution, we must first arrive at the age old question:  What makes us human?  Well there are not many unique postulates that say this is a so-called human trait; a large brain, bipedalism or toolmaking?  Perhaps none of these...

What is variability?

All species on earth maintain what biologists call the so-called "range of variability".  Variability is important for a species because environmental shifting may not act favourably on particular traits within a species or groups of species.  Species that do not have variability are considered to be homogenus.  Just imagine if all people were exactly the same and there was no variability?  This is how several species have become extinct. Therefore, it is essential that species have slight differences to select for differing traits.  This selection of traits are responses of a species and its environment.

"There is a dynamic relationship between an environment and a speices"
-Charles Darwin
Miocenian Event

Evolution of humankind esstentially started with rain drops, but to go beyond the laments  world of evolution, we must first explore the complexities of the Miocene.  We need to ask those research questions why the Miocene and approach the modes of adaptive radiation and the mosaic landscapes of that geological epoch.  What do these modes and evolution have in common; It is change!  Change is the only constant we as a species can count for the rest of our evolutionary period.
My Credentials

I attended Oregon State University and obtained option (B.S.) degrees in Biological Anthropology and Archaeology.  I am experienced with field survey, GIS, archaeological excavation, faunal and matrix removal, faunal identification of several species, lithic analysis (primarily Columbia Plateau and Great Basin) and botanical resources of the Pacific Northwest, respectively.

Where I Can Be Reached

You can reach me via voyeger_1@yahoo.com.  If you have questions pertaining to Archaeology or Biological Anthropology, please do not hesitate to ask.  I will address all questions within 48 hours of receipt.

Additional Interests

I am an experienced flint knapper.  I directly apply experiemental archaeology to better understand various cultures and technologies of a particular for the time.  It is important to understand that one can arrive at the particularities of a culture to understand and what it took to master.  I have found that applying different approaches in technique, physics and transport of lithic blanks or better known as bifaces.

 In Central Oregon, Newberry Crater was once a major quarrying site for stone tools.  Immediately I asked myself, "did they make the tools and leave or did they just grab cobbles and leave?  Archaeologists, can not fully explicate either way with current scientific methods.  This is why experimental archaeology is key to understand past cultures by means of technology, technique and "stylistic rebound" of technological change over time.  The best example, is the European Tool Assemblage introduced to the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th century.
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