What Skills and Experiences Characterize Anthropologists?
Professional Skills: Organize and retrieve information in a systematic manner, Integrate information from multifaceted sources, Conduct library and Internet research, Work in teams, especially in fieldwork and laboratory situations, Use statistics to analyze and interpret data, Communicate ideas and data effectively, Schedule time effectively. Classroom and Field Research Experiences: Interview people about behaviors and attitudes, Observe and record activities of people, Interview people, record, and analyze language use, Excavate, analyze, and interpret archaeological data, Evaluate, measure, and analyze skeletons, physiological features, DNA, and nonhuman primate behavior.
