Tag: Anthropology
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Anthropologist Grover Krantz donated his body to science with this one condition
Grover Krantz was one of the few anthropologists who dedicated their time to studying Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot. As a cryptozoologist, Krantz believed that Bigfoot might exist and did everything he could to research it. Five of his ten books explored the possible existence of the ape-like creature. Perhaps even more interestingly, the peculiar scientist donated…
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Margaret Mead’s Sources of Insight
Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist who famously journeyed to American Samoa in 1925 to study adolescent behavior among the nonliterate peoples of Oceania. Her book Coming of Age of Samoa is the result of her fieldwork. Mead was also widely known for her progressive views on sex, providing a key spark on what…