The Anthropology Section promotes interest and involvement in the discipline of general anthropology, which includes archaeology, biological anthropology, anthropology, and linguistics. The Section organizes forums for the discussion of topics pertaining to the scientific study of humanity, the teaching of anthropology, and the application of anthropology to contemporary social concerns.
Meetings are at various locations within the area.
Topics, times, and sites of each meeting are announced in the R.A.S. Bulletin . Some look through telescopes, some look through books while others just look up. During summer months public star parties are held at town and country parks throughout the Rochester area to help give everyone an opportunity to enjoy the splendors of the universe. The Wolk Observatory at the Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy, a seventeen acre site in Ionia, NY, is away from the light polluted skies of Rochester. There, members can set up telescopes, look through binoculars, or just recline on a lawn chair and enjoy the multitude of stars a dark sky will offer.