Anyone interested in biological anthropology?

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That's the field I'm going into. It's the study of how humans evolved over time and how different human populations are related, both of which I find very fascinating. I'm especially interested in the biological and cultural relationships of African and Mediterranean peoples and most of all those of the ancient Egyptians. Anyone share my interest on this forum?

Yes I do. I've specialized recently in Inuit cultures, particularly their predecessors, the Dorset

Always been very interested in it.
Both how humans evolved as a species, and how modern groups are related to each other.

Finding the Proto Indo Europeans is a favorite conundrum of mine.

<--- midway to anthropology BA and heading to archeology masters afterwards.

I find homo erectus fascinating.

About to graduate with a BS in anthropology. Planning on going for a masters in biological anthropology next year if it all works out.

I thought Anthropology was BA not BS O.o

Yeah. I think it usually is a BA. Anthropology at my college is really small and the department is shared with the sociology department so the anthropolgy program is a bit different than normal in that they offer both a BA and a BS.

not scholarly but interesting film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azYFAxG21jA