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DECEMBER 4, 2024

By revealing how ancient Mesopotamians tied feelings to specific organs, it contributes to the broader conversation about the universality and variability of emotional experiences in human history. Kipfer Journal : ZORA: Zurich Open Repository and Archive , 2017. PDF Link : uzh.ch Svärd, et al.

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MARCH 26, 2025

Archaeology often deals with what remains—the bones, the stone tools, the charred remnants of ancient hearths. Anthropologist Lisbeth Loutderback extracting plant residues from a metate at an archaeological site on public land in southcentral Oregon. In Handbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples.

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APRIL 23, 2025

What He Wrote and Why it Matters Jons first book, Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History (1995), came out of a simple but transformative observation: the science of human difference had changed dramatically over the twentieth century, and most people, including many scientists, hadnt caught up. Jon wasnt rejecting science.

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APRIL 15, 2025

In the long arc of human history, what makes a settlement persist? Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , the study draws on data from over 47,000 houses spanning nearly 3,000 archaeological sites and 10,000 years of human history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(16). Kohler, T.

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MARCH 13, 2025

A new genetic and archaeological study 1 has revealed that leopard cats ( Prionailurus bengalensis ), small wild felines native to East Asia, lived alongside people in China’s early agrarian societies for at least 3,500 years—only to disappear from human settlements centuries before the arrival of domestic cats via the Silk Road.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

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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OCTOBER 8, 2024

New research 1 into ancient DNA from this site has now provided groundbreaking insights into the genetic history of its inhabitants, revealing a remarkable genetic continuity over thousands of years. The Oakhurst site, which dates back over 12,000 years, provides a unique opportunity to explore southern Africa's genetic and cultural history.

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MAY 1, 2023

Since 2017, NCHE has offered professional learning colloquia that focus on “Technology’s Impact in American History (TIAH).” With Francis’s help, we began to frame a colloquium to focus on the pre-19 th century period and chose the title, “ Uncovering Lost Voices in American History.”

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For six weeks, we spent 40 percent of our time at the American Anthropological Association (AAA) office and 60 percent of our time at partner institutions: the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) and the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC).

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Journal : European Journal of Archaeology , 2004. Journal : Cambridge Archaeological Journal , 2009.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Spanning over 250 individuals, the study integrates genetics with archaeological and dietary evidence, shedding new light on the egalitarian nature of LBK societies. This glimpse into the past underscores the diverse social structures humans have experimented with throughout history. Source: Nature , 2017.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

” Dehumanization and Cycles of Violence The treatment of the dead at Charterhouse Warren aligns with broader patterns of violence observed throughout human history. “Charterhouse Warren is one of those rare archaeological sites that challenges the way we think about the past,” Schulting says. Antiquity, December 2024.

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MARCH 11, 2025

Exposed section of archaeological sediments dated to to 110 thousand years ago at Tinshemet cave A new study, published in Nature Human Behaviour 1 , brings fresh insight into this question. ” A New Perspective on Human Evolution Tinshemet Cave stands as a testament to the fluidity of human history. Related Research Hublin, J.-J.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Researchers from the Natural History Museum in London and Historic England analyzed 61 individuals, using 30 newly obtained radiocarbon dates to refine previous chronological estimates. Over time, researchers recognized that human remains in the river represented a complex history of deposition. Credit: flickr/ Alastair Rae CC BY-SA 2.0

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

For scholars of gender archaeology and history, the body has become a privileged site for the investigation of women’s lives in antiquity (Liston 2012; Shepherd 2012). 2017) Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. Morter, and J.E. London: Accordia Research Institute, University of London, pp.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A Turning Point in Earth's Climate—and Human History The Mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition (MPT) marked a significant shift in Earth’s glacial cycles, moving from a pattern of 41,000-year ice ages to much longer 100,000-year cycles. Full text available here Lake Ohrid’s Environmental History Authors : B.

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