The Human Side of Anthropology

THE recent editorial in NATURE¹ made out a very strong case for the importance of the social sciences as a scientific contribution to the welfare of the community; and in the same issue, Prof. Le Gros Clark directed attention to some of the rich and interesting fields open to the exploitation of the `physical anthropologists'. As the editorial pointed out, the scope and power of non-experimental and statistical methods of analysis are becoming more widely appreciated-a movement of opinion which will undoubtedly have been encouraged by the experience of the application of science to war. It is probable, therefore, that most men of science will be disposed to wish the social scientific workers well in their endeavours to win a more favourable place in the sun.