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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara Reveals a Lost North African Lineage

Anthropology.net

This discovery reveals a deeply rooted and long-isolated genetic lineage in North Africa," said Nada Salem of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the study’s lead author. Ancient DNA allows us to reconstruct human history in unprecedented ways," said David Caramelli of the University of Florence.

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Application of Archaeological Anthropology and Cultural Resources Management

Anthropology for Beginners

Click here for more details Aspects of the preservation and conservation of cultural intangibles include: folklore oral history language preservation Further reading: 1. Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn (2016) Archaeology: Theories, Methods and Practice. New York: Thames and Hudson 2. Deborah M.Pearsall (Ed.)

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The First Europeans: Ancient Genomes Reveal Complex Histories of Human Expansion and Neanderthal Interactions

Anthropology.net

Among these pioneers were individuals whose lives and genetic histories have now been reconstructed from the oldest modern human genomes yet sequenced. “This shared Neanderthal ancestry marks a pivotal chapter in the history of modern humans outside Africa,” remarked Johannes Krause, the study’s senior author.

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The Evolution of Cooking: A Defining Moment in Human History

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Richard Wrangham, a retired professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, noted 2 that starch grains can be detected in teeth dating back at least 50,000 years. The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 Nature Ecology & Evolution , 6 (12), 2016–2028.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

These have included anthropology, philosophy, languages, art, theater, music and women’s and African American studies. Will history repeat? Former Florida governor and now senator Rick Scott set up a task force that recommended public universities charge more for “non-strategic majors” such as history and English. “Is

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Neanderthals and Modern Humans: A Shared Past Revealed Through DNA

Anthropology.net

By analyzing distinctive genetic markers, researchers quantified this percentage, shedding light on the enduring impact of interbreeding events in human evolutionary history. Dr. Benjamin Peter from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology explained, “We show that the period of mixing was quite complex.

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Jehovah’s Witness Are Learning Chinese to Evangelize in Zambia

Anthropology News

September 2016. 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.