Word: anthropologist
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...many other cultures it's just the reverse: the rich are fat and the poor are emaciated. Anthropologist George Armelagos of Emory University calls it the Henry the Eighth syndrome, referring to the corpulent King of England who lived so well off the labor of his peasantry. "Think about how many people had to work to make the King the size that he was," says Armelagos. Being rotund is still a sign of prosperity and prestige in Polynesia and parts of Africa...
...loathing. Why did I have those kids? responsible citizens might ask themselves, or, Why don't I ease the problem by just dropping dead right now? From a hard-nosed ecological viewpoint, humans -- along with their Styrofoam and cellophane leavings -- have become a form of pollution. One population expert, anthropologist Warren Hern of the University of Colorado, has even taken to calling our species an "ecotumor" or "planetary malignancy" that is recklessly devouring its host, the poor Earth...
Trouble is, it often turns out that people have more children as their sense of well-being increases, particularly when technological advance or government largesse give them the idea that the old limits no longer apply. So argues Vanderbilt University anthropologist Virginia Abernethy and a growing cohort of critics. In Kenya, for instance, total fertility rose from 7.5 live births per woman in the mid-1950s to 8.12 in the 1960s and '70s even as infant mortality declined and incomes rose...
...Anthropologist Margaret Mead wrote in 1961 thatstudents saw conformity as the key to conventionalsuccess: "[S]tatistics on national contests forscholarships and for admissions to especiallydesirable institutions have increased thewidespread sense that to succeed today it isnecessary to conform and to compete in terms ofnational norms...
...first time during the hour allotted to him to take the exam. The student would still need to have a working knowledge of the topic, in addition to knowing where to find useful details. Coupled with finely-tuned analytical skills, these are the only tools that a great anthropologist would need...