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Ancient Hierakonpolis: The Earliest Evidence of Livestock Horn Modification

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But recent archaeological findings reveal that even domestic livestock were transformed to project power and control. Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2024). This further underscores their ceremonial importance rather than economic utility. Journal of African Archaeology , 13(2), 187-206. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106104

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McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

This is why evidence for diet was a big part of my archaeology flipped class activity , for example. Iconic McDonald’s menu items according to UVic ANTH 100 students McDonald’s restaurant is a global company with a foothold in 118 countries (Han 2023; McDonald’s ). 27 Feb 2023) Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s.

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McGlobalisation with a side of Sustainability

Teaching Anthropology

This is why evidence for diet was a big part of my archaeology flipped class activity , for example. Iconic McDonald’s menu items according to UVic ANTH 100 students McDonald’s restaurant is a global company with a foothold in 118 countries (Han 2023; McDonald’s ). 27 Feb 2023) Fast and Pluribus: Impacts of a Globalizing McDonald’s.

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AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

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Angela Jenks guided medical anthropology students through an analysis of direct-to-consumer artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) medical apps like Symptomate and DermAssist, teaching them to analyze this emerging technology while situating these apps in their historical, social, and economic contexts.

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Insights from the Early Neolithic: Complex Livestock Practices in the High Mountain Settlements

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Credit: Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (2023). 2023.1309907 The study, centered around the archaeological site of Coro Trasito in Sobrarbe, Aragon, revolutionized our understanding of livestock practices and feeding strategies in high-altitude regions during the Early Neolithic, approximately 6,500 to 7,500 years ago.

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The Aeroroutes of Stuttgart

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I had dinner with a friend, Claudia Mendes—a former colleague in Munich—and her family around New Year’s Eve 2023, and she told me, “This city is crisscrossed by wind corridors [ Frischluftschneisen ], channeling fresh air from green spaces on higher ground to the literal down town, the lower and the hotter parts of the city.”

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Unearthing Equality: How Early Farmers in Central Europe Lived Without Hierarchy

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Spanning over 250 individuals, the study integrates genetics with archaeological and dietary evidence, shedding new light on the egalitarian nature of LBK societies. Source: BioRxiv , 2023. We have successfully found distant relatives in Slovakia and others in Western Germany," notes lead author Pere Gelabert.