Anthropology is the broad study of humankind around the world and throughout time. It is concerned with both the biological and cultural aspects of humans. Included in anthropology are four main subfields: archaeology, biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology.

General Anthropology

• American Anthropological Association (the largest professional organization of anthropologists)
  • Association of Black Anthropologists
  • Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists
  • The Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology
  • Association of Indigenous Anthropologists
  • Society for the Anthropology of North America
  • Society for East Asian Anthropology
  • The Middle East Section for American Anthropological Association
  • Association for Queer Anthropology
  • Association for Feminist Anthropology
  • National Association of Student Anthropologists
  • AAA Statement on Race
  • Understanding Race (The Race Project by AAA)
  • Internships and Fieldwork 

• Resources on race, racism, social justice and the protests
• Anthropology (this site expands on the topics of this tutorial; maintained by New World Encyclopedia)
• Anthropology Daily News
• Anthropology.net
• Australian Anthropological Society
• Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
• Italian Institute of Anthropology
• The Royal Anthropological Institute(the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland)
• AnthroSource (a portal to anthropological resources; maintained by the American Anthropological Association)
• Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History (online digital images of 160,000+ ethnographic artifacts)
• National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution (guide to anthropological materials in their extensive collection)
• Online Dictionary of Anthropology
• Virtual Library for Anthropology Indexed directory of Anthropology related links
• The Conversation (open journal)
• Understanding Race (The Race Project by AAA)
• Dr. O’Neil’s Anthropology Tutorials

Archaeology

• Archaeology as a Career (Society for American Anthropology)
• Becoming an Archaeologist
• Archaeology Daily News
• San Diego Archaeological Center
• Society of California Archaeology
  • San Diego Society of California Archaeology
• Society for American Archaeology
  • Committee on Repatriation
• The Society of Black Archaeologists
• Collaborative and Community Archaeology
• Discover Archaeology (online version of popular archaeology magazine maintained by Scientific American)
• eCulturalResources  (clearinghouse for information related to news, jobs, announcements, consultant listings, and resources for the cultural resource industry)
• Exploring Ancient World Cultures (resources about 8 ancient civilizations)
• Archaeology (a mostly classical archaeology journal)
• Council of British Archaeology
• Nautical Archaeology at Texas A. & M. (Institute of Nautical Archaeology)
• National Park Service – Benefits of Archaeology (public programs and research in the parks)

Applied Anthropology

• Applied Anthropology (good summary of what the field is all about and what are the job possibilities)
• High Plains Society for Applied Anthropology
• National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
• Subdisciplines: Applied Anthropology (applied anthropology definitions, history, career opportunities, professional organizations; Indiana University)
• The Society for Applied Anthropology

Biological Anthropology (general)

• • American Association of Physical Anthropologists
    • AAPA statement on race and racism
  • The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
  • The Biological Anthropology Web
  • UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology (Good paleontology and geology information)
  • Dr. O’Neil’s Anthropology Tutorials

Forensic Anthropology

• • • All-About-Forensic-Science.Com
    • American Board of Forensic Anthropology
    • American Academy of Forensic Sciences
    • ForensicAnthro.com Educational Resources
    • forensicanthro.eu Forensic Anthropology News
    • Maples Center for Forensic Medicine at the University of Florida
    • What is Forensic Anthropology? (Forensic Anthropology Center, The University of Tennessee)

Genetics

• • • DNA from the Beginning (An animated primer on the basics of DNA, genes and heredity by the Dolan, DNA Learning Center)
    • The Human Genome Project
    • Primer on Molecular Genetics (Part of the Human Genome Project website)
    • NOVA Ghost in Your Genes – Epigenetic Therapy 
    • NOVA Online – Tracing Ancestry with MtDNA
    • NOVA Online – DNA Fingerprint Lab (An animated exercise on how and what is done at a DNA Fingerprint lab)
    • Blood Typing Exercise (Nobel e-museum has information on Nobel prize winners and their projects** excellent site)
    • Biotechnology and FAQs
    • National Cancer Institute Publications Locator Home

 Human Evolution

• • • Talk Origins Archive  (Updates in paleoanthropology and discussion between evolution and creationism)
    • Leakey Foundation (News, events, discoveries and projects in paleoanthropology and primatology)
    • The Smithsonian Human Institution Human Origins Program  (A site with visuals of various hominin remains)
    • Becoming Human (The Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University)
    • NOVA – Neandertals on Trial  (comparison of Neandertals and anatomically modern H. sapiens)
    • The Cave of Lascaux, France  (A virtual tour of the famous Upper Paleolithic Cave)
    • The Cave of Chauvet – Pont- D’Arc, France (A virtual tour of an Upper Paleolithic Cave)
    • 15 Answers to Creationist Questions, Scientific American Journal – July 2002

Osteology

• • • E-Skeletons Project website  (Enables you to view the bones of a human, gorilla, and baboon and gather information about them from the osteology database at University of Texas at Austin)
    • The Skull Module from CSU Chico  (A visual and description of the bones found in the human skull)
    • Anatomy of the Human Body  (An online book by Henry Gray)

Primatology

• • • International Directory of Primatology (maintained by Primate Info Net at the National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
    • International Journal of Primatology
    • Journal of Medical Primatology
    • Primatologist Biographies  (maintained by Primate Info Net at the National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
    • Primatology.net (current news and reports and article summaries on all areas of primatology)
    • Primate Info Net (Library and Information Service National Primate Research Center – University of Wisconsin, Madison)
    • The Jane Goodall Institute– for Wildlife Research, Education and Conservation
    • Koko.org – The Gorilla Foundation
    • Great Ape Trust | Bonobos, Orangutans and the study of ape language, tools and Intelligence  (Home of Kanzi and other famous apes)
    • Language Research Center – Georgia State University  (studies on chimpanzees, rhesus macaques, and capuchins)
    • Duke University Lemur Center
    • Living Links: A Center for the Advanced Study of Ape and Human Evolution (Emory University)
    • Leakey Foundation (News, events, discoveries and projects in primatology and paleoanthropology)

Cultural Anthropology (General)

• Understanding Race (The Race Project by AAA)
• American Folklife Center Home Page (U.S. Library of Congress)
• Transforming Anthropology (journal of the Association of Black Anthropologists)
• Cultural Anthropology (free online textbook maintained by Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection)
• European Association of Social Anthropologists
• Moving Anthropology Student Network (site created to promote communication, networking and interaction among students of social and cultural anthropology; maintained by the International Association of Anthropology Students)
• Social and Cultural Anthropology in the News (interesting blog news site)
• University of Oxford Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology (England)
• Anthropological Theories: A Guide Prepared for Students by Students
• Kinship and Social Organization
• Chronology of Money Timeline (the history of money)

Areas of Study

Indigenous Cultures

• • The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies
  • Cultural Survival: Promoting the Rights, Voices, and Visions of Indigenous People
  • Cultures on the Edge

Cultures of Africa

• • African Studies Internet Resources
  • African Art Museum
  • East African Living Encylopedia  (African Studies Center, University of Pennyslvania)
  • Massai Center for Research
  • Nuba Survival  (from Sudan)

Cultures of Asia

• Asia Society
• Every Culture (cultures of the world)
• Society for East Asian Anthropology (resources)
• Asian American Net (resources about Asia in general)
• Asia: Human Geography (National Geographic)

Cultures of Europe

• • Indigenous People of Russia

Ethnobiology/Ethnopharmacology

• • International Society of Ethnobiology
  • Society of Ethnobiology
  • Journal of Ethnobiology
  • Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
  • International Society for Ethnopharmacology
  • Journal of Ethnopharmacology
  • Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (in Spanish and English)

Linguistic Anthropology

• Ancient Scripts of the World (U.C. Berkeley–great resource for learning about obscure ancient written languages)
• Ethnologue (Summer Institute of Linguistics, Dallas, Texas–catalog of the 6000+ languages in the world)
• Explore Linguistics (University of Oregon)
• iLove Languages (extensive language related links)
• Native Languages Page (links related to Native American and Hawaiian languages)

Medical Anthropology

• Society for Medical Anthropology
• Medical Anthropology Web
• Medical Anthropology (University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine)
• Medical Anthropology and Indigenous Anthropology at Cal State San Marcos
• Medical Anthropology: Cross-cultural Studies of Health and Illness (journal)
• Somatosphere (Science, Medicine and Anthropology)
• The Conversation (open access to essays/articles written by academicians)
• Anthrologica (a research-based company specializing in the anthropology of healthcare)
• The International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine

Regional Anthropology/Archaeology

• African Studies Home Page (University of Pennsylvania)
• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
• British and Irish Archaeology   (University of Minnesota, Duluth–extensive links to projects and sites)
• Cultures of the Andes (music, photos, poems, stories–English and Spanish–a sound card and speakers are needed to hear the music)
• English Heritage Archaeology Division (links for archaeology of the British Isles)
• The Labyrinth (resources for Medieval European Studies)
• LANIC: Latin American Network Information Center (University of Texas)
• Maya Astronomy Page
• The Perseus Project (resources for ancient Greece)
• Sami (site created by the Sami people of Northern Scandinavia do share their culture with others)
• Yahoo links to specific cultures (links to information about dozens of different cultures around the world)

Museums

• Smithsonian Museums
  • • National Museum of African American Culture
    • National Museum of African Art
    • National Museum of the American Indian
    • National Museum of American History
    • National Anthropological Archives (Smithsonian Institution)
    • Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
• Smithsonian Institution Libraries (Smithsonian catalog and some entire publications on-line)
• African American Museums in the U.S. (list) and more
• Guide to Latino and Hispanic Museums in the U.S. 
• Asian Art Museums in the U.S. (list)
• Native American Museums in the U.S. (list)
• African Art Museums in the U.S. (list)

• J. Paul Getty Museum (includes exhibits and other cultural information–especially good for Classical Archaeology)
• Museum Net (Web links to dozens of museums in the United Kingdom)
• Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Harvard University; strong in Native American related topics)
• Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University; mostly paleontology oriented but there is also much on anthropology–especially strong in Native American collections)
• San Diego Museum of Man
• Southwest Museum of the American Indian (one of the most important museum, library, and archive collections in the U.S. related to American Indians)
• University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (exhibits, virtual tours, and much more–well worth visiting)

Virtual Exhibits and Trips

• Catalhoyuk (Science Museum of Minnesota)
• Scrolls from the Dead Sea: Ancient Library of Qumram (U.S. Library of Congress)
• Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Exhibits On-line (Harvard University)
• The Oriental Institute Museum (University of Chicago; Near Eastern archaeology)
• Valley of the Kings  (virtual tour of excavations at tomb KV5 in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt)