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The Shape of a Face: What Neanderthal Growth Patterns Reveal About Human Evolution

Anthropology.net

"The midfaces of Neanderthals are on average already larger at birth than those of modern humans and continue growing for a longer period, contributing to their distinctive facial projection," explains lead author Alexandra Schuh of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Evolutionary Anthropology, 17 (1), 55-68.

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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. As medical anthropologist Lance Gravlee observed, syndemics has achieved a broader reach than most anthropological ideas. It is a syndemic. Books and edited collections include Singer, M.

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Ancient Iberian Slate Plaques: Early Genealogical Records?

Anthropology.net

Related Studies These articles expand on themes of material culture, identity, and the anthropological interpretations of Iberian engraved plaques. Journal : Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 2017. Journal : PLoS ONE , 2014. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0088296

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Dog Domestication: A Tale of Alaskan Canids and Human Companionship

Anthropology.net

Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. Journal : Arctic Anthropology , 2020. Journal : Science , 2014. DOI : 10.1007/s10745-021-00234-z Link : ResearchGate PDF Summary : Discusses early human intervention in orphaned pups, suggesting this behavior was foundational to the domestication process. DOI : 10.3368/aa.57.1.45

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Butchered Remains at Bronze Age Charterhouse Warren Reveal Prehistoric Atrocity

Anthropology.net

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 45, 94–108. Variation, interaction, and violence in Neolithic Northern Spain. link] Smith, G. Earliest direct evidence of human cannibalism in prehistoric Europe. Scientific Reports , 7, 7019. link] Armit, I., Swindles, G. T., & Becker, K.

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Reflections on the “Historicity” of Child Death at Ireland’s Former Mother and Baby Homes

Anthropology News

When information about the disturbing nature of the unmarked common grave hit the international press in 2014, a scandal was born. Lauren Crossland-Marr is the section contributing editor for the Society for the Anthropology of Europe. Note: All names other than those of public figures have been changed.

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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors

The Hechinger Report

At Delta State, for instance, enrollment is down by nearly a quarter since 2014. A drop in tuition revenue stemming from that decline created an $11 million hole in the university’s budget, President Daniel Ennis, told the campus last year.

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