Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2010;143 Suppl 51:2-12. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21438.
Nearly 60 years ago, Sherwood Washburn issued a call for a "New Physical Anthropology," a transition from measurement and classification toward a focus on the processes and mechanisms of evolutionary change. He advocated multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to the understanding of human behavior, biology, and history. Many interpret this as a call for a practice that is both biological and anthropological. Is this what we do? Are we biological anthropologists yet? In this essay, I explore what we, Physical Anthropologists, as a discipline are doing in the context of a New Physical Anthropology, where we might be headed, and why this discussion is crucial to our relevance.
近 60 年前，舍伍德·沃什伯恩（Sherwood Washburn）呼吁建立一门“新的体质人类学”，从测量和分类转向关注进化变化的过程和机制。他提倡采用多学科和跨学科的方法来理解人类行为、生物学和历史。许多人将这一呼吁解读为一种既是生物学又是人类学的实践。我们是否在这样做？我们是否已经是生物人类学家了？在本文中，我探讨了我们作为一门学科，在新的体质人类学背景下正在做什么，我们可能会走向何方，以及为什么这个讨论对我们的相关性至关重要。
