The Museum of Anthropology at the Sapienza University, Rome

"Man” is surely a fascinating matter to discuss and everything but easy to deal with. Suggested by the etymology of the word itself, anthropology is the science devoted to the study of humans as natural bio-cultural beings, were there is an implicit and pernicious correspondence between “narrator” and “narration” (Bruner, 2006). As a matter of fact, the history of anthropology met several controversies. In fact, past anthropologists were influenced by the general cultural background, manipulated by the social atmospheres and political parties of their time. This depended to the country in which this discipline developed, or vice versa the anthropologists themselves and their science influenced the common believes (Spedini, 2005). The museum of anthropology “Giuseppe Sergi” is witness of the complex history of physical anthropology in Italy, particularly in Rome, through the past two centuries. Today, this museum represents an ideal example when dealing with the study on the humankind.