Do you see Anthropology as a serious science?

[Tukhara]

I have become invested in Anthropology since the second half of 2016. Now while I say I find Anthropology not serious, I exclude the genetic side of things since that is of course real. Also the historical and archaeological basis behind it. What I am referring to is the racial/physical side of things; do you see it as serious scientific business?

 

[Evo]

What about forensic anthropology?

the branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data, criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/forensic-anthropology

 

[Drakkith]

What I am referring to is the racial/physical side of things; do you see it as serious scientific business?

What exactly does this mean?

 

[Tukhara]

^It means things like phenotype classification. Such as the act of racial classification types; for instance racial types in listed in Carlton Coon's books.

 

[Drakkith]

^It means things like phenotype classification. Such as the act of racial classification types; for instance racial types in listed in Carlton Coon's books.

I think my knowledge of anthropology is so small that I'm not going to be able to participate in this conversation. I'll bow out now. Have a nice day all.

 

[Evo]

^It means things like phenotype classification. Such as the act of racial classification types; for instance racial types in listed in Carlton Coon's books.

We're not going there, that's starting from 1939. It's racist and we don't do racist here.

From wikipedia

Coon's published magnum opus, The Origin of Races (1962), received mixed reactions from scientists of the era.

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Sherwood Washburn and Ashley Montagu were heavily influenced by the modern synthesis in biology and population genetics. In addition, they were influenced by Franz Boas, who had moved away from typological racial thinking. Rather than supporting Coon's theories, they and other contemporary researchers viewed the human species as a continuous serial progression of populations and heavily criticised Coon's Origin of Races.

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and changing social attitudes challenged racial theories like Coon's that had been used by segregationists to justify discrimination and depriving people of civil rights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carleton_S._Coon#Reception

 

[Evo]

So yes, anthropology is a real science. This thread will end now before it goes down the drain.