1870s in anthropology

Timeline of anthropology, 1870–1879

Events

1873

• The American Museum of Natural History establishes an anthropology department

Publications

1871

• Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family

Births

1873

• Leo Frobenius
• Arnold van Gennep
• Charles Seligman
• John Reed Swanton

Deaths

1873

• Louis Agassiz