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Margo Dickinson
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Carnegie 04
651-696-6381
mdickins@macalester.edu
The anthropology department emphasizes the holistic study of the human condition.
Our students’ interests range from world cultures and global challenges, to human rights and human origins. Students in Macalester’s Anthropology Department travel the world studying cultures, globalization, environmental issues, public health issues, identity, ethnography, and the practice of anthropology. Students may major or minor in anthropology.
A copy is also available on the department bulletin board, outside of Carnegie 04.
News
Professor Scott Legge is a co-author on a study which appeared as part of a special report in the April 12 issue of the journal Science, that may change our perspective on human evolution. more
Students from the 2009 F.Y.C. "Evolutionary Anthropology: Fact, Fantasies, and Frauds" honored Professor Legge with an elaborate April Fools' Big Foot display. more
Two students present papers and one alumnus receives an undergraduate student prize more
The Appeal of Halloween more
Professor Scott Legge awarded grant for faculty/student archaeological survey more
Macalester Alumnus wins 2012 Hugo Award for comic “Digger” more
RECENT TOPICS COURSES
- Law, Politics, and Culture
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