He earned both his masters and Ph.D. at Harvard University . Brace first became interested in anthropology in ninth grade, when he was given the book Meet Your Ancestors , by Roy Chapman Andrews, for Christmas. He followed up on the book at the public library and thus began what would become his career. He also believes that a good anthropology program must be represented in its four sub-fields of archaeology, biological anthropology, ethnology, and linguistics. Brace is currently curator for physical anthropology at the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology in Ann Arbor.
Physical anthropology is the study of human remains from archaeological sites.
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