Choose one popular news article that discusses a topic related to biological anthropology and analyze how this information is portrayed. Many of the topics
we will cover in this class are often discussed in popular media, but they are not always presented in a way that is accessible to a general public or present
information that may not be factually correct but have the potential to catch people’s attention (aka click bait). You may choose a popular news article from
any news source, but to help you find one you can join the BioAnth News Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BioAnthNews/ or following the BioAnth
News Twitter account: https://twitter.com/BioAnthNewswhich regularly posts 1-2 articles a day related to biological anthropology or you can search their feed
for an article that was published sometime during the first few months of 2020.
Your response should be 400 – 500 words (approximately 1 1⁄2 pages double spaced) and should include:
·A summary of the research or topic presented in the article
·Description of how the topic is related to biological anthropology
·Your personal critique of whether or not this article is accessible to a general public and how it could have been improved
·Your personal critique of whether or not the research from this article will helps us understand what it means to be human