Caribbean
the region that includes the Caribbean Sea and associated islands.Current lab projects
Lots of anthropologists conduct their own lab analyses in universities and research facilities across the globe. Here is a just a brief glance at what some anthropologists at Arizona State University (ASU) do:
Scanning skulls
One technique involves using visualization technology to understand differences in primate skull forms. Three-dimensional models of primate skulls are created and then (virtually) sliced and diced to look at the bone and its morphology.
Peopling the Caribbean
These are not the only projects happening in the study of biological anthropology. Click to learn more about the projects and research going on in the Institute of Human Origins.
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