Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

AI is shaping our everyday lives, but as anthropology teaching faculty, most of our recent AI-related conversations have had a singular focus: how to deal with generative AI tools like ChatGPT in the classroom. Below, we present case studies from three anthropology courses using three different sets of AI tools.

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Anthropology for Beginners

AUGUST 17, 2023

The two concepts are often combined in anthropological writings and they have a close and complex historical relationship. As the antiquity of man became established in the mid-nineteenth century and anthropological inquiry began to focus on evolutionary questions, the need for better data became clear.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The research, published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 , presents compelling micro-archaeological evidence that fire was not just a survival tool but a defining cultural trait of the Gravettian tradition. Additionally, the researchers found high concentrations of manganese oxides in the combustion features.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Dawn broke over Bhaktapur on a summer morning in 2022. The impact of the 2015 earthquakes, a focus during my fieldwork, had reduced many of the city’s magnificent temples to rubble; however, in 2022 some of these temples had already been rebuilt and others were undergoing reconstruction. I was roused at 6 a.m.

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Anthropology News

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In this essay, I reflect on the experience of curating Alexa Vasquez: Undocumented Times/Queer Yearnings as an undocumented immigrant anthropologist and lessons regarding the potential for curatorial anthropology as a praxis of care. Credit: Oceanside Museum of Art View upon leaving the gallery showing La Última Ofrenda, 2022.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

I met Nazneen, a twenty-five-year-old university student, in an eating joint tucked away from the busy and crowded lanes of Patna Market in 2022. While she worked, we discussed my research, and I inquired about her exam preparation. ” Angie Heo is the section contributing editor for the Society for the Anthropology of Religion.

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Anthropology News

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Recent world migration reports note that, by the end of 2022, the total number of refugees was the highest ever recorded with modern statistical techniques. Ward discussed key anthropological findings regarding the effectiveness of translanguaging , or the intuitive mixing of multiple languages, in teaching and learning.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 12, 2024

A research team at the University of Kent, led by anthropologist Lisa Dikomitis and psychiatrist Sukhwinder Singh Shergill , established a Sikh mental health research program to assess factors influencing mental health in Sikhs. This audio documentary was created with recordings made during ethnographic fieldwork in 2022–2023.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

You’ve got the campus materials, you’ve got the integration of teaching and research, which we claim to value, and it’s also really good for students in a few ways,” including by helping them take action on climate in ways that can improve mental health. Currently the fund has about $30,000. The solar panel team had less drama.

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Anthropology.net

AUGUST 19, 2024

Despite these difficulties, researchers have identified several ancient sites that suggest early hominins were utilizing fire well before the appearance of modern Homo sapiens. Based on both archaeological and biological evidence, many researchers propose that Homo erectus may have been the first hominin to master the art of cooking.

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Anthropology.net

MAY 9, 2024

Discovering Hidden Treasures: Unearthing Maya Offerings Utilizing cutting-edge environmental DNA analysis, researchers unearthed a trove of botanical specimens beneath the plaza floor of a ballcourt in Yaxnohcah, Mexico. Excavations spanning from 2016 to 2022 revealed a glimpse into the ceremonial practices of the ancient Maya.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This article accompanies a short film COOL TECH , which was produced as part of the Cool Infrastructures research project. In Delhi, temperatures have been rising for consecutive summers, reaching highs of 49°C (120°F) in 2022. Such “technical challenges” also constitute anthropological encounters with weather and technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Students who need to take time off are often experiencing an acute crisis or have been trying to cope with a chronic condition, and, like Lynch, have reached a breaking point, said Amy Gatto, the director of research and evaluation at Active Minds, a nonprofit that advocates for college students’ mental health. It was a million little things.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Recent research delves into this enigmatic aspect of our ancient relatives, spotlighting the conundrum surrounding their supposed carnivorous inclination and raising new puzzling findings. The question of what Neanderthals consumed has long intrigued scientists, unearthing a paradox within their dietary habits. What exactly is he eating?

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Life and Landscapes

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While on his journey, Van Stockum wandered the outskirts of different locations without researching first. “I The second book in the series, “Surrounding the Kentucky River, From its Beginning to its End,” took three years to explore, write, research, and perfect. I write emotionally, and it moves me when I see it,” Van Stockum said.

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APRIL 11, 2023

2015), a loss of habitat (Corales, De Assis Montag, and Dunck 2022; Johnson et al. I take seriously the position that our future and that of all other species are shaped by the more-than-human relations we cultivate (Fijn and Kavesh 2021; Haraway 2016; Tschakert 2022; Tschakert et al.

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Anthropology News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

In January of 2021, I was employed as a postdoctoral researcher in a division of public health at a medical school. This sparked my interest as it dovetailed with my ongoing research about factors that influence menstrual cycles, such as energetic stress or immune stress. This provided early access to the COVID-19 vaccine.

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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 13, 2024

MerrillSinger, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. As medical anthropologist Lance Gravlee observed, syndemics has achieved a broader reach than most anthropological ideas. It is a syndemic.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

A recent study led by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy reignites the debate over whether Homo sapiens and Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis ) should be classified as separate species. The researchers argue that interbreeding alone should not determine species classification.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Key Evidence Supporting Genealogy The breakthrough in this research emerged when a particularly unique plaque in Lisbon’s Museu Geológico caught Professor Lillios’s attention. Related Studies These articles expand on themes of material culture, identity, and the anthropological interpretations of Iberian engraved plaques.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 15, 2025

A recent paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology urges anthropologists and anatomists to confront the legacy of human skeletal collections and calls for a new ethical framework that prioritizes transparency, community collaboration, and respect for the deceased. These methods should be prioritized to minimize harm.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 31, 2024

The morning of my 26th birthday, I woke up to incredible news for my field of evolutionary anthropology: For the first time, the study of human evolution won a Nobel Prize. But because his 1984 paper appeared in a journal published in East Germany, the research did not reach global scientists or publics.

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Sapiens

APRIL 2, 2025

Despite my training and my experience with adjacent fields, such as anthropology and philosophy, I became increasingly disdainful of the sprint toward objectivityan oasis mirage, especially as a historian of Africa. Her Dirge personifies this act of historical research by characterization. My poems are a call to action.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 23, 2025

2 since 2022. His pioneering work and unique contributions not only expanded knowledge of immigration history but also inspired generations of researchers. Luciana Sanguin, Pontifcia Universidade Catlica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) The post Jorge Luiz da Cunha appeared first on Anthropology News.

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Sapiens

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A new lineage of Neanderthals Our research published in Cell Genomics in September complicates this picture, revealing that there was not one but at least two lineages of Neanderthals. As the head of research at Mandrin Cave, I decided we proceed to excavate the body with tweezers. This is the challenge Thorin presents us with.

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

To approach engagements like the Joe Rogan Experience, I and other scholars must arm ourselves with science communication strategies , which research has shown can debunk misinformation in the current fake news environment. Recent misinformation research suggests a better approach, nicknamed a “ truth sandwich.” rarely cover the field.

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Anthropology News

AUGUST 21, 2024

In January 2020, I carried out preliminary research in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, where rampant wildfires had engulfed wide swaths of the country each year since August 2010. Taras Fedirko and Whitney Russell are section contributing editors for the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

Over a networking coffee, an archaeologist who maps cilln in several Northern counties told me that in fact it had been the Tuam childrens burial ground that inspired her research in the first place. Lauren Crossland-Marr is the section contributing editor for the Society for the Anthropology of Europe.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 16, 2025

My research at La Merced allowed me to witness the bioethical dilemmas this population faced, as residents suffering from dementia and those who were bedridden had no option but to endure their last days tied to their bed rails with rags lacerating their wrists and ankles. It was a damp winter morning. It is necropolitical by default.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 22, 2024

In 2022, the Korean Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) started operating the nation’s first satellite-tracking center in Guija-eup, across from the Doteul cave. Taras Fedirko and Whitney Russell are section contributing editors for the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology.

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Anthropology News

APRIL 25, 2025

Credit: Susan Brownell Earl Brewer in 1935 at the wedding of his daughter, Claudia Brewer Strite (with permission of Susan Brownell) Anthropology and Race The State Constitution of Mississippi stipulated that separate schools shall be maintained for children of the white and colored races. But it did not define colored.

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The limits of collections research and digital access flashed like a neon sign when we first partnered as graduate students for an undergraduate course on museum anthropology and community collaboration. Credit: Photograph by Smith, 2022 Winter in the Klamath River region, willows in dormancy.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Recent research, published in Current Biology 1 , has identified 18 genome regions responsible for variations in tooth size and shape. Dr. Kaustubh Adhikari, a UCL researcher and one of the study’s authors, emphasizes the significance of teeth in understanding humanity's past.

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

While previous studies have explored the roles of diet, environmental pressures, and genetics in brain development, new research 1 highlights an intriguing factor: gut microbes. Related Research These studies enhance the understanding of how gut microbiota interact with host biology, influencing metabolism, immunity, and adaptation.

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Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Credit: Martin Alarie, Agence QMI, Journal de Montréal, 2022-02-13 A blocked downtown Ottawa street during the Freedom Convoy. As an ethnographer and qualitative health researcher, I am more comfortable with a participatory stance in research, working with people, not studying them from a distance and in their absence.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a series of essays, a collaborative research project brings together space anthropologists to investigate how communities around the globe are grappling with the current boom in outer space exploration. But our research has found that in everyday life, many individuals and communities find themselves somewhere in the middle.

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It was a beautiful day in October 2022, and the leaves were turning vibrant shades of red and yellow. I was interviewing Yuna (all names in this article are pseudonyms), one of my interlocutors for my research on suicidalityincluding suicidal thoughts, plans, and attemptsamong young South Korean women in their twenties and thirties.

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