Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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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Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured. Three challenges in teaching anthropology. Teaching Anthropology 1 (2), pp.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The Kennis brothers, courtesy of The Natural History Museum, London New Insights from Ancient Genomes A groundbreaking study analyzed 58 ancient Eurasian genomes alongside the DNA of 275 contemporary humans. Journal : The American Journal of Human Genetics , 2015. Journal : American Journal of Physical Anthropology , 2011.

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ASHP CML

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Visiting Lecturers and Session Leaders Louise Bernard is the director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center. Recipient of anACLS Digital Innovation Fellowship, he also co-wrote the National Park Service’s Theme Study on Reconstruction. Hewes will lecture and lead a "Behind the Scenes" session on Civil War ephemera.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Since European contact, Indigenous people have struggled to protect the lands —which outsiders often describe as a vast “ outdoor museum ”—from vandalism and desecration, organizing through formal and informal channels for the protection of the Bears Ears landscape. management policies that limit their access.

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

Comparing the frequency of words in English language books between 1950 and 2015, the author tracked how the term “Atlantis” grew to outrank other popular conspiracy theories, real archaeological sites, and actual figures from ancient history. Ham used the spectacle to raise funds for his Creation Museum. K–12 schools in the U.S.

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