Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Did this genetic divergence give modern humans a competitive advantage in terms of communication, social organization, and culture? A Glimpse into the Evolution of Speech The evolution of human speech remains one of the most fascinating mysteries in anthropology and genetics. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00397 2013.00397 Lai et al.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

It represents a key example of how Tibetan refugees have established institutionalized, international education that preserves, advances, and shares Buddhist culture and philosophy. However, among community members, the relevance of linguistic diversity to the continuity of Tibetan Buddhist culture is a topic of considerable debate.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

How do environmental, historical, and cultural factors influence human-javelina relations in Texas? The introduction stresses the significance of understanding human-javelina encounters within their specific socio-ecological contexts through a blend of historical, ecological, and cultural analysis.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Origins of Risky Play: A Legacy from Early Humans Co-author Zane Thayer, associate professor of anthropology at Dartmouth, explains that although children today are physically safer than ever before, societal anxiety about injuries has never been higher. ” The researchers connect this concept to our evolutionary history. .”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. So the projects brought in teams from African studies programs who understood the culture.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Anthropology has been quite slow to embrace Helen Schwartzman’s insight in The Meeting: Gatherings in Organizations and Communities (1989) that meetings offer a vital window into collective human projects and organizations. Another pair of us (Renita and Jen) initiated the Meeting Ethnography project back in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The number of college students with one or more mental health problems has doubled since 2013 , according to a study by researchers at Boston University and elsewhere. If it’s a grade, you have to average those two,” said Rogoff, who specializes in cultural variations in learning. “It

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As the American Academy of Arts and Science’s 2013 “The Heart of the Matter” report observes, connecting these fields is necessary to solve the world’s biggest problems such as “the provision of clean air and water, food, health, energy, universal education, human rights, and the assurance of physical safety.”.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

It was 2013, and I was on my first trip to Colombia. After my first trip to Colombia in 2013, I began to grapple with this question. Joseph Feldman is the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology section editor. The post Latin American Solidarity in Changing Times appeared first on Anthropology News.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2018

When elite admissions offices stepped up recruitment of low-income and first-generation students several years ago, they focused on financial aid, not noticing the cultural issues. New research backs up the idea that low-income first gens experience familiar economic, social, and cultural barriers when they get to the workplace.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 24, 2024

How do you write about Blackness while trying to resist the insidious pull of cultural and racial assimilation? As Black Nordics, we live in countries that top “Happiest Nation in the World” lists yearly, lists that often make cursory mention of racial-cultural homogeneity as a key contributor to national happiness. Hall, Stuart.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

He is a noted scholar of visual culture in U.S. He is currently working on a study of Civil War visual culture for which he received a Guggenheim Fellowship. Bogart is professor emeritus of art history and visual culture at Stony Brook University. Halls Professor of the History of Art (emerita) at Indiana University.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Following Iris Marion Young (2013), I consider the role that difference plays in defining a community. In the case of Roger’s property, I ask what happens when encounters are continually successfully negotiated and become intimate, affective relationships.

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Anthropology for Beginners

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE X-NONE Cultural Ecology and Julian Steward: Table of Contents Cultural Ecology and Julian Steward: 1 Steward’s theory: 1 Arrival of Culture ecology. The cultural ecologists speak about an intimate relationship between culture and environment.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Current Anthropology, 26(2), 223–246. Cross-Cultural Research, 41(2), 170–195. Current Anthropology, 50(1), 51–74. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1401949111 1401949111 Investigates the cooperative division of labor between sexes and its role in extending human life history traits. Jaeggi, A. Kaplan, H., & Cummings, D.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

This leads to negative outcomes for communities, including the loss of unique cultural knowledge. In addition, scientists use language statistics to understand why languages and cultures are distributed the way they are across the globe. I also gained even more appreciation for the potentially impossible task of counting languages.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy. It has enabled states to expand access to culturally relevant content, address equity concerns, and enhance students’ digital skills and civic readiness.

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