Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

A Glimpse into Europe’s Earliest Settlers Over 45,000 years ago, small groups of modern humans roamed the icy expanse of Ice Age Europe. Among these pioneers were individuals whose lives and genetic histories have now been reconstructed from the oldest modern human genomes yet sequenced.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The genetic legacy of Neanderthals persists in modern humans, with 1-2% of non-African genomes composed of Neanderthal DNA—a determination made through comprehensive sequencing and comparison of ancient and modern genomes. “These beneficial traits spread rapidly in early human populations.”

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

When information about the disturbing nature of the unmarked common grave hit the international press in 2014, a scandal was born. Her argument has to do with the pitfalls of this, its tendency to impose hierarchies of deservingness and humanity, and possibilities otherwise.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Human history is not just about where we came from but how we adapted to the ever-changing environments we encountered. Studies on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is inherited exclusively from the mother, found that all modern human mtDNA lineages trace back to a common ancestor in Africa, roughly 200,000 years ago.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

Cooking is often viewed as a significant turning point in human evolution. It not only provided the extra calories needed to support larger brains 1 but also transformed the way early humans interacted with their environment. Unlike other species, humans are biologically adapted to consume cooked food.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In their paper published in Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 1 , the researchers argue that this type of play fulfills an evolutionary need inherited from our ape and early human ancestors. Modern humans, while less adept climbers than other primates, still retain the physical capacity to engage in these activities.

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Anthropology News

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. Josh Meyer is the section contributing editor for the Association for the Anthropology of Policy.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. He said he believes Missouri’s program, first offered in 2014, was among the first in the country. For almost as long as there have been wars, there have been people who study veterans.

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Anthropology for Beginners

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Sustainable development ties together concern for the carrying capacity of natural systems with the social, political, and economic challenges faced by humanity (Kahle and Gurel-Atay 2014). Make cities and human settlement inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable for all 12. Reduce inequality within and among countries 11.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 30, 2024

The P2P industry thrived in 2014, championing financial inclusion ( puhui jinrong ) endorsed by the state. Here, the integration of human and cybernetic systems through app design further solidified people’s belief in the stability and power of P2P platforms.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Humans and Javelinas: Something Something… I need a title … This study is motivated by the broad pressing question: How do we live in a world full of difference? In these regions, their lives become entangled with those of the humans with whom they share these spaces.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Related: How to save the humanities? The Teagle grant supported course-sharing and online module development at more than 35 institutions and organizations, and engaged more than 180 faculty and staff between 2014 and 2017. Make them a requirement toward a business degree. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

He is author of Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America (1919). Bogart will provide a walking tour of New York City's Civil War-era monuments. Matthew Fox-Amato is assistant professor of history at the University of Idaho. Turkiya Lowe is National Park Service national chief historian.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A recent study published in Evolution and Human Behaviour 1 challenges conventional narratives about gender roles, revealing a surprising level of equality in how work and leisure are shared in hunter-gatherer societies. Credit: Evolution and Human Behavior (2024). Nature Human Behaviour, 5(9), 1195–1205. Pontzer, H.,

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Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

First, Sinovuyo described Launch’s distinct approach to life orientation (LO), a compulsory subject added to the national curriculum during the transition from apartheid that focuses on the study of self and society through lessons on personal and social development, civics and human rights, health, and career readiness.

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Many of them had been severely traumatized during Israel’s so-called Operation Protective Edge in summer 2014. However, their actions in Gaza demonstrate that this commitment does not extend to Palestinians, whom Israel, as the occupying power, is responsible for ensuring the humane treatment of under international law.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 16, 2025

Suskind 2014, 55) The Suskinds find that they can communicate with Owen in an increasingly open manner, once he has been unlocked through the shared media of Disney films. Caring for cow nutrition is also caring for microbial well-being, which enters both into complex, more-than-human chains of relation that support human and nonhuman lives.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

Related: In era of high costs, humanities come under attack. The figures are from 2014, the most recent available. About 40 percent of humanities undergrads go on to get advanced degrees, the report said, further boosting their incomes. If they choose to borrow the money, they have to pay it back. It’s that simple.”.

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