Margaret mead

“Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student...

Mead argued that non-Western cultures offered alternative (often better) ways to be human. Why was she so vilified for it?

Lily King’s novel “Euphoria,” inspired by the life of Margaret Mead, is about a love triangle in New Guinea.

Margaret Mead, anthropologist: I will not accept any guilt for what anybody else did. I will accept guilt for what I did myself.

Anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

“ We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.” —Margaret Mead 12x16” Acrylic on Canvas $850 (w/o frame 750)

Margaret Mead (1901-1978), US anthropologist. Mead is known for her work on the tribal cultures in Samoa, Papua New Guinea and Bali.

Margaret Mead in her tower office AMNH

Margaret Mead

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