Águeda Muñoz Gerardo in DefinitionABC

Agueda Munoz Gerardo

Degree in Physical Anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History. Master in Anthropology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Currently, she is studying the PhD program in Anthropology at UNAM. Among his topics of interest are human migrations, genetic anthropology and indigenous peoples of Mexico.

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From the investigations that include genetic data, some important questions have been resolved, for example, the issue of the dates when humans arrived on this continent. For years it was certain that human beings populated North America (what is now the United States) 11,000 years ago at most […]...

Boas's proposal is particularly interesting because at the time it was revolutionary, it arose at a time when Unilinear evolutionism reigned among scientific studies and permeated the political decisions that were made in the world; So, when Boas develops these ideas he not only gives a twist to the nascent anthropology [...] ...

For its development there are important methodological considerations: a deep knowledge of some historical and demographic aspects of the population or study populations, for example, how the number of people belonging to the group of interest changed over time or how migration to and from the zone; […]...

The high mutation rate of the mitochondrial genome (10 to 20 times that of nuclear DNA, for genes of comparable function) is useful for differentiating between populations that have been biologically related over time, however, their mutation rate may be so rapid that phenomena may occur. […]...

Generally, when thinking about worldview, the idea of ​​"religion" comes to mind, mainly because they fulfill similar functions, however, they are not the same, the Religion is also framed within the worldview of a people as a reflection of it, which corresponds to the spiritual and, on many occasions, moral identity of […]...

Cultural heritage is tangible and intangible goods, accompanied by the rights inherent to them, according to its value in the recognition of society according to its history, its customs, traditions and knowledge. This patrimony does not have a single owner, but it does have defined owners, which can even be humanity […]...

Before this term was defined, during the 18th century German scholars traveled to document popular songs in Europe under the idea that each people has a mythology, over time this practice became widespread in other places with nascent nationalities or whose geopolitical power was expanding such as Great Britain and […]...

Currently, all humans who inhabit the Earth are a single species: Homo sapiens; however, many species of Homo existed before us, even coexisting with the first Homo sapiens. These other species have an older ancestor, which we know as the genus Austrolopithecus. In this article the human evolution is analyzed, […]...

Anthropology is dedicated to the study of the human being, whose topics are very varied and highly connected. Many times, to know a single topic it is necessary to investigate others in the course of an investigation. For example, to answer the question, how do people who live in the Lacandon jungle eat?, an anthropologist would have […]...

Authors at D.ABC

Augustine Repetto.
Degree in Psychology, graduated from the National University of Mar del Plata. Currently, she is a Postgraduate student in Human Sexuality: clinical and educational sexology based on a Gender Perspective and Human Rights.

Agueda Munoz Gerardo.
Degree in Physical Anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History. Master in Anthropology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Currently, she is studying the PhD program in Anthropology at UNAM. Among his topics of interest are human migrations, genetic anthropology and indigenous peoples of Mexico.

Angel Zamora Ramirez.
Graduated in Physics from the University of Colima. Student of the Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering and Physics at Cinvestav.

lilen gomez.
Professor in Philosophy, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He performed in the field of teaching and research, in areas of Contemporary Philosophy.

Pedro Gomez Molina.
Graduate in Environmental Sciences and Master in Geography from UNAM. He conducts research on historical mining, historical-GIS, and historical mapping.