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In May 2008, one month after launching, a moderator account was cracked and the forum was deleted. The perpetrator of the attack was deranged cyberstalker and former member "r. suydam" (aka "Anon" in the old days and "n/a" on his new blog that nobody reads). His motive? Envy of this forum's rapid growth in the face of his own miserable failure, and frustration that his attempts at trolling here backfired. The terms "sore loser" and "temper tantrum" aptly sum up his path to vandalism.

On its homepage, ZetaBoards says it can restore lost data, which is what we've been waiting for. But in late October -- apparently after receiving a flood of requests they couldn't fulfill -- they revised that statement with a disclaimer that they don't guarantee they can or will perform restorations. Enough time has been wasted waiting, and we only lost a month's worth of data anyway, so we've decided to just start over from scratch. Security will be tighter now and there shouldn't be any problems like this in future.

If you already have an account but can't remember your password, follow the link on the login page to perform a password reset. Once you're logged in, you can request a name change under Preferences if you don't like the name you signed up with. Also, feel free to repost anything you had posted before, especially if it has "permanent" value, like a gallery of anthropology plates or a resource link.

You'll notice that we now have a number of different forum themes to choose from. In addition to the default blue/orange Original theme, there's an all-blue Classic theme, a gray Pro theme, and Light and Dark themes. You can make your choice using the theme selector at the bottom left of the board or the one under Preferences > Board Settings. Other themes may be added in the future.

Also, the Affiliate Directory is now a web page rather than a forum, which will help with quality control. If you would like your site added to the directory, send me a PM or an email with the site's name, URL and a brief description.

Please be sure to review the Forum Rules before posting, and read our Mission Statement for further information.

Thank you for your interest in AnthroScape.

It all began in 2003 with Dodona, the web's first human biodiversity forum, conceived by Dienekes, Alex and myself, and brought to life by Dienekes with the help of AWAR. It was a runaway success, and when it shut down a few years later, it spawned several imitators. These have had varying degrees of success over the years, but eventually all either succumbed in their own right or strayed considerably from the initial model.

Now, with many forum-goers left homeless, dissatisfied or just feeling nostalgic for the old days, the team that created the original has jumped back into the game with a new name, new software and a hope of recapturing the magic of the past and maybe even attaining greater heights. We want to bring back that ambitious spirit of free speech, serious discussion, learning and camaraderie that made Dodona so successful and beloved.

So everyone who has an interest in biological and social anthropology is invited to come join in the discussion and help us build a great community.

AnthroScape: Human Biodiversity Forum is an anthropology discussion group concerned with studying the human landscape and all of the variation contained within it. To provide a better understanding of what that means, here are some good definitions of anthropology from various academic websites:


"Anthropology is a multidisciplinary field of science and scholarship, which includes the study of all aspects of humankind -- archaeological, biological, linguistic and sociocultural. Anthropology has roots in the natural and social sciences and in the humanities, ranging in approach from basic to applied research and to scholarly interpretation."

http://www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ethcode.htm


"Anthropology, the broadest of the social sciences, is the study of humankind. One of the strengths of anthropology as a discipline is its 'holistic' or integrative approach; it links the life sciences and the humanities and has strong ties with disciplines ranging from biology and psychology to linguistics, political science, and the fine arts. Anthropological study is appropriate for people with a wide variety of interests: human cultures and civilizations both present and past, human and animal behavior, particular regions of the world such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, etc."

http://www.anthro.ucla.edu/


"Anthropology is the study of all things human. It is concerned with the past, the present, and the future, and is the nexus between the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences. Anthropology provides students with a comparative, theoretical, and global understanding of human culture and society from evolutionary, historical, and contemporary perspectives."

http://www.anthro.ucsd.edu/


"Anthropology focuses on human biological and cultural variation in time and space, with four traditionally recognized subfields: anthropological archaeology, biological (or physical) anthropology, ethnology (cultural or sociocultural anthropology), and linguistic anthropology."

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/anthro/about/index.html


"Anthropology is the integrative study of human beings at all times and in all places. Within this broad field of study, three thematic and overlapping concentrations form the focus of our department.

"These innovative concentrations consider humans as their lives are framed simultaneously by cultural meanings, the social systems in which they participate, and the biology and ecology of the human species in its evolutionary context and contemporary variation."

http://anthropology.unc.edu/