Famed Anthropologist Mary Leakey Dies

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iknewitwhenisawit@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 29d (2 replies)

Anthropologists don't dig up bodies. That's archaeologists. Or is that the joke? 🤔

higgsboson@piefed.social · 2 pts · 28d (1 reply)

Archaeology is essentially conducting anthropology (or, history) via the study of past artifacts. I do think Norm here was conflating the two. Whether through actual ignorance or just artistic license... hard to tell.

RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 27d

Except archaeology is a subfield (1 of 4) of Anthropology so it's really not a mistake.