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Introduction: Who am I?

Hello, Welcome! My name is Logan Faircloth and I am currently a senior at Appalachian State University. I am a Biological Anthropology Major graduating in December and hoping to then get into Nursing School. I created this blog for one of my classes called Human Evolution or ANT4320. I will be posting a lot of reflections, my thoughts, and possible notes or informative information regarding our class theme, Human Evolution. I hope you enjoy it! 
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