Anthropology 274: Human Evolution

Guidelines for Site Report Papers

Outline:

I. Site

A. Site Name and Location

B. Map of Site Location (in some detail)

II. Name of the Fossil

A. Current Name and Synonyms

B. Picture of the Fossil

III. Discovery

A. The Discoverer

B. Geology of the Site

1. reconstruction of the environment

2. dating and stratigraphy

IV. Morphological Description (with measurements, if available, and pictures)

V. Phylogenetic Affinities

A. who said what about the fossil

B. what is the significance of the fossil for our understanding of human evoluiton?

VI. Associated Artefacts (if any)

VII. References Cited (use original sources whenever possible)

Notes:

1. Due date: Monday, December 5, 2005 (the last Monday of classes)

2. Length: approximately 10-15 pages, not including maps and pictures

3. Maps and Pictures: may be photocopied from original articles; a scale should be included in both the map and the picture of the fossil

4. Citations: should be done for every piece of information. The Internet is generally not a legitimate source of information. The format of citation should be the same as in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology , namely: at the end of a sentence or paragraph cite the author and the year of the source, in parentheses (Webb, 1998). Authors are then listed in alphabetical order, at the end of the paper. A sample will be provided. Be sure to write down the bibliographic information for each source you use, at the time that you are using it. (Don’t try to go back and find it, later.)

5. Resources:

a. check with the instructor for reference materials and suggestions

b. ask the reference librarian for help with literature searches

c. use your texts and their bibliographies as starting points for original articles

d. look into the following scientific journals available in our library:

American Anthropologist

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Journal of Human Evolution

National Geographic

Nature

Science

e. use EBSCO Host, on the Rohrbach Library website (but use full text articles, only)