1870s in anthropology
# 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
