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 Anthropology by decade Anthropology Anthropology timelines 1870s decade overviews