Tracing Oil Reserves to Their Tiny Origins

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The purpose of this extra credit assignment is to evaluate a recent news article (newspaper , magazine ) from the point of view of anthropology In the space provided below include (1 ) news article citation using appropriate Turabian style guidelines (2 ) article summary of what the story is about , and (3 ) the anthropological relevance - you may choose to discuss the article by considering one of the following questions (a ) what anthropological themes are present in the story - think about the key terms at the end of each text

book chapter (b ) how would an anthropologist examine this particular issue , or (c ) what anthropological theories could be proven /disproven by this example

This extra credit assignment must be typed and is due in paper copy at the time of the exam . You must use this template and the space provided to complete the assignment and staple a copy of the news article to this page . Late assignments will not be accepted . Digital or email submissions will not be accepted

Article Summary

This article is all about the way oil or petroleum is formed . Two major theories have been postulated by geologists and other experts in this field . The author of the article acknowledges that some geologists believed that oil was formed from the remains of giant lizards that lived millions of years ago . In fact , some companies for instance Sinclair Oil company used the logo of these large lizards in their advertisements . The belief that oil was...