<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

Anthropology is the study of humanity and it's origins/development. I look political conflicts today and see that many are directly related to a deficient or dissenting opinion of who we are as a species and a culture. I can't help but wonder then, why do we not include a basic course of anthropology in standard high school curriculum?

My example:
My parents are ignorant to modern thought on humanity, thus through all of high school I really believed that the "...then why are there still monkeys?" argument was valid and voided evolution. Now perhaps my biology teacher at the time could have done a better job, but even after passing high school bio I did not grasp the concept of evolution. 

It wasn't until I took an intro to anthro course in my freshman year of college that I had my mind blown wide open on the topic. My professor discussed Mendel and Darwin's work in detail. He went beyond just casting definitions and punnet squares at us and really explained the significance of their work in a way that related to humans. He shared with us fossil dig sites and told us about Lucy and other amazing discoveries about how wonderful the natural history of our species is. We learned about the differences between "cave men" and modern humans. This is material that is not common knowledge or included in standard high school science classes, yet is directly related to the opinions of the adults those schools produce. 

Through this branch of science we have dug up the bones of our ancestors and held them in our hands. That concept is more real to me than what I saw in a petri dish or calculated in a punnet square, and I think if we made it a standard part of our curriculum then it would open significantly more eyes.
<bot>: Anthropology provides a unique look at evolution through the history and culture of specifically humans, and is thus more relatable to non-believers and skeptics while more interesting to young minds.