Remove 2023 Remove Ancestry Remove Anthropology
article thumbnail

Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Separate Species?

Anthropology.net

Journal : Quaternary Science Reviews , 2023. Journal : Evolutionary Anthropology , 2022. 1302653110 Summary : Uses dental morphology to reassess speciation events and shared ancestry between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Sciences , 2007. Authors : Meneganzin, A., & Bernardi, M.

article thumbnail

Fighting for Justice for the Dead—and the Living

Sapiens

The pandemic also took a toll on other historically marginalized groups: For example, the annual rate of death by suicide among elders over the age of 85 in Clark County, Nevada, increased by 14 percent across the pre- and post-pandemic periods, according to research in forensic anthropology. In fact, many of us rarely, if ever, testify.

Advocacy 107
educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Illegibility and Immobility in the Social Lives of Muslim Migrants in Japan

Anthropology News

Between 2018 and 2023, foreign labor grew by over 40% with a growing number of workers coming from South and Southeast Asia. Foreign residents and Japanese of mixed ancestry try to pass as Japanese to avoid the stigma of being a foreigner. Today, three million foreign residents make up about 3% of Japans total population.

article thumbnail

The Fulani Enigma: Unraveling the Deep Genetic History of Africa’s Legendary Pastoralists

Anthropology.net

published in The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 , has provided fresh insights into the complex origins of the Fulani, tracing their ancestry back to an ancient, lost world—the Green Sahara. 2023) examined whole-genome data to trace the genetic echoes of the last Green Sahara period on Fulani and Sahelian populations.

History 115
article thumbnail

Gradual Growth: The Evolution of Human Brain Size

Anthropology.net

Implications for Understanding Human Evolution The study’s findings contribute to a broader understanding of human ancestry, emphasizing gradual, continuous change as a driving force in brain evolution. Source: Current Anthropology. Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Source: F1000Research. (2016).