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Dog Domestication: A Tale of Alaskan Canids and Human Companionship

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The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101081

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Ancient Origins of Tool Use: Australopithecine Hands Suggest Early Manipulation Abilities

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Image credit: The Natural History Museum via Alamy Stock Photo) The Role of the Pinky in Early Tool Use The researchers observed that the pinky finger played a significant role in grasping, particularly in early hominins like A. However, the 2015 discovery of 3.3 The hand bones of Australopithecus sediba. A new study shows that A.

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Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears

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Since 2015, our research team has been part of a collaborative project that’s trying to better understand the significance and challenges of wood-hauling practices for Indigenous communities. Indigenous communities in the Four Corners region say that maintaining these critical connections to firewood is often complicated by U.S.

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The Journey of Homo sapiens into East Eurasia: What Ancient Genomes Reveal

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Human history is not just about where we came from but how we adapted to the ever-changing environments we encountered. And as we continue to uncover more ancient genomes, our understanding of human history will only deepen. Journal of Physiological Anthropology , 44 (1). Related Research Fu, Q., DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221359110

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Unraveling a “Ghost” Neanderthal Lineage

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We discovered his first teeth in 2015 lying on the ground at the cave’s entrance, barely covered by a few leaves. Evolutionary, cultural, and social processes that seem unimaginable if we try to apply them to sapiens populations, as we understand them through cultural anthropology, history, and archaeology.

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Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe Rogan

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Pseudoarchaeology, or “alternative history,” draws major attention and casts itself as legitimate. Beyond Hancock’s creations, Ancient Aliens dominates the History Channel. Some universities are defunding and dismantling programs in archaeology , history , anthropology , art history , ancient languages , and classical studies.

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Jehovah’s Witness Are Learning Chinese to Evangelize in Zambia

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September 2015. September 2015. Witnesses adherence to the Bible transcends the kinds of histories in secular society that emphasize a world order dominated by competition between nation states. Jean Hunleth and Samar Al-Bulushi are the section contributing editors for the Association for Africanist Anthropology.