Anthropology News

MARCH 28, 2025

Between 2018 and 2023, foreign labor grew by over 40% with a growing number of workers coming from South and Southeast Asia. Passing in Japanese Society N arratives linking blood to culture shape the experiences of migrants in Japan. Today, three million foreign residents make up about 3% of Japans total population.

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Anthropology.net

JUNE 13, 2024

A new study in Science 1 reveals that many Native American populations across the Great Plains and the Rockies had incorporated horses into their cultures by the early 1600s, long before direct contact with Europeans. DNA comparisons with modern horses showed these early horses were primarily of Spanish ancestry. Librado, P.,

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Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

Pure objectivity is a fallacy: Lived experience, cultural contexts, and the particularities of each case all impact and inform the work of forensic scientists. Cultural anthropologists , archaeologists , and biological anthropologists have included these actions in their scholarship for decades.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

How did their nomadic culture evolve? 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. Where did they come from? Now, a groundbreaking genetic study by Fortes-Lima et al.,

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Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Human brain evolution has long fascinated scientists, as it underpins the development of intelligence, culture, and complex behavior. ” This complexity underscores the multifaceted nature of evolutionary pressures, including environmental challenges, social interactions, and the development of tools and culture.

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