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APRIL 3, 2025

​ Dr. Isabell Schmidt from the University of Cologne's Department of Prehistoric Archaeology explains:​ "These observations probably reflect the eastward movement of people in response to the very abrupt and pronounced climatic cooling during the Younger Dryas. Current Anthropology , 64(5). Vizzari, M. Assmann, J.

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MAY 1, 2025

in April 2024. ” The Collapse That Wasn’t Archaeological theories have long held that Chaco Canyon’s abandonment around 1150 CE led to the region being vacated. Pueblo Bonito, the largest archaeological site at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, is seen in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug. 28, 2021.

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How might we recognise and engage with understandings of trauma, and what implications might this have for anthropological research and teaching? This Teaching Anthropology Special Issue will explore approaches to trauma-informed anthropology and to consider key emerging discussions around trauma-informed approaches more broadly.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Evolutionary Anthropology, 30 (4), 208-218. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 17 (4). PLOS ONE, 11 (6), e0158002. link] Blinkhorn, J., & Grove, M. Cultural transmission and Levallois variability: A model-based assessment." link] Samawi, O., & Hallinan, E. Quaternary Science Reviews, 319 , 108195.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

.” – bell hooks From January to May 2024, I taught a class that could have been blocked at my previous institution in Florida—if it wasn’t potentially illegal. Intersectional Anthropology. Bio)archaeology is no stranger to its colonial baggage. I’ll start with a confession: I am not a cultural anthropologist.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Credit: Nature Communications (2024). Source: Paleoanthropology, 2024. Source: American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2010. Late Pleistocene Human Evolution in East Asia: Behavioral Perspectives Provides a behavioral perspective on hominin evolution, highlighting key fossil and archaeological findings in East Asia.

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MAY 2, 2025

“The archaeological record here was practically a blank page,” noted Seyyed Milad Hashemi of Tarbiat Modares University, the project’s lead researcher. However, the archaeological material is surface-level. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 62, 101292. Vahdati Nasab, H., & Petraglia, M.

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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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MAY 1, 2025

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 17 (5). The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe. Nature , 555, 190–196. link] Lazaridis, I., A paleogenomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature , 622, 310–320. link] Allentoft, M. Population genomics of Stone Age Eurasia.

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 17, 2025

Issued: January 17, 2025 Pitches due: rolling until February 7, 2025 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the theme of signal/noise. Read more about us here and consider how you might tell anthropological stories for a general audience as you consider the direction of your pitch.

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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. New micro-archaeological data from Fuente del Salín cave (Val de San Vicente, Cantabria).

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. Can I take your order, please? References Han, D. (27 JSTOR DAILY. Taylor & Francis.

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MARCH 10, 2025

In a new paper published in Advances in Archaeological Practice 1 , Ward and his colleagues are calling for museums to take a more ethical, culturally informed approach to caring for the bones of animals, particularly those tied to Indigenous traditions. Are they places where we treat archaeological objects as inanimate things?

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Anthropology News

JANUARY 29, 2024

Issued: January 29, 2024 Response deadline: February 23, 2024 Pitch responses: February 29, 2024 First drafts due: March 27, 2024 For our third issue of 2024, Anthropology News is delving into the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its intricate relationship with human reality.

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JULY 15, 2024

Issued: July 15, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until November 1, 2024 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the forms of care that permeate human and nonhuman worlds. The post Call for Pitches: Care appeared first on Anthropology News.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has reconstructed the genomes of 13 individuals who lived between 1,300 and 10,000 years ago, revealing crucial insights into human migrations and population stability in southern Africa. 1 Gretzinger, J., Gibbon, V. Penske, S.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Issued: September 30, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until December 1, 2025 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Here Anthropology News invites submissions on the theme of migration. We will accept pitches through December 1, 2024. The post Call for Pitches: Migration appeared first on Anthropology News.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

Issued: January 19, 2024 Response deadline: February 2, 2024 Pitch responses: February 7, 2024 First drafts due: February 21, 2024 For our second issue of 2024, Anthropology News invites you to explore the anatomy of deception and dissect the truths and untruths that form our understanding of reality.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A recent study, published on September 3, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS Complex Systems 1 , presents groundbreaking insights into the mechanisms driving social evolution. The model proposed by Itao and Kaneko offers a mechanistic explanation for social evolution, integrating theories from anthropology, history, and archaeology.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Issued: February 5, 2024 Pitches due: March 4, 2024 Decisions: March 22, 2024 First drafts due: April 17, 2024 Anthropology News invites submissions for the fourth issue of 2024, which will explore the multifaceted concept of “treasure” through an anthropological lens.

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JULY 31, 2024

This new model aligns with archaeological, climatological, and genetic data, indicating that the populations in early North America were both dynamic and diverse. A study published on March 30 in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology sheds light on the linguistic journey of early Americans. and Canada. 1 Nichols, J.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have decoded 1 the DNA of seven individuals found at sites in Germany and Czechia, revealing a lineage that carried traces of Neanderthal ancestry and left behind no modern descendants. Furtwaengler, A., Peyrégne, S., de Filippo, C., Rohrlach, A. Pierini, F.,

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Impact on Anthropology and Archaeology The findings at Ranis prompt a reevaluation of settlement histories, technological capabilities, and social dynamics of early c. Ranis, once seen as a Neanderthal site, emerges as a critical piece in the puzzle of human evolution. Ruebens, K., Sinet-Mathiot, V., Pederzani, S., Harking, F.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Issued: June 6, 2024 Pitches due: rolling until September 1 First drafts due: 3 weeks after pitch decision Submit Pitch Here As the 2024 American Anthropological Association (AAA) annual meeting approaches, Anthropology News invites submissions that delve into the dynamic realm of anthropological praxis.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The methods developed in this study offer a powerful tool for exploring other complex regions of the human genome and their role in health and disease, opening new possibilities for research in anthropology, archaeology, and human genetics. 1 Bolognini, D., Halgren, A., 1 Bolognini, D., Halgren, A., Raveane, A., Guarracino, A.,

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Classical Philology, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, etc.) Submissions may be a condensed version, or a particularly strong chapter, of an undergraduate thesis, an exceptional course paper, or an independent research project. or geo-temporal focus (e.g.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

University of Wyoming anthropologists have unearthed one of the earliest circular plazas in Andean South America at the Callacpuma archaeological site in Peru's Cajamarca Basin. Together with students from Peru and the U.S., 1 Toohey, J. 1 Toohey, J. Murphy, M. Chirinos Ogata, P., G., & Garcia-Putnam, A. in the Cajamarca Valley of Peru.

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AUGUST 23, 2024

” The Innovation of Braced Pikes New insights into the use of Clovis points have emerged through experimental archaeology. But for whatever reason, it hasn’t been talked about too much in anthropology.” 1 Byram, R. Lightfoot, K. G., & Sunseri, J.

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APRIL 18, 2025

“We’re looking at a highly structured social and cognitive event,” said zooarchaeologist Jarod Hutson of the MONREPOS Archaeological Research Center in Germany. Current Anthropology , 65(5), 876–921. “This wasn’t a matter of chance or instinct. It was cooperative planning.” link] 1 Hutson, J.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The LaPrele Mammoth Site: A Window into Early North American Life Archaeological discoveries at the LaPrele mammoth site in Wyoming continue to shed light on the ingenuity and adaptability of Early North Americans, who lived in North America nearly 13,000 years ago. Source: Journal of Archaeological Science , 2019.

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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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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Antiquity, December 2024. Antiquity, December 2024 In a grim twist, the remains were not indicative of a battle or defensive encounter. Antiquity, December 2024. Antiquity, December 2024. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 45, 94–108. Journal of Archaeological Science , 51, 181–190.

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Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. But reaching those outside my echo chamber demands more than my archaeological expertise. a vocal opponent of vaccines and third-party candidate in the 2024 U.S.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mauro Calattini The boy’s remains, discovered in 1998 in Grotta delle Mura, a cave near Monopoli in southern Italy, were uncovered during archaeological excavations. The infant's skeleton was excavated in 1998 in a cave in Puglia. Vazzana, A., Romandini, M., Boschin, F., Magnone, L., Rossini, M., Di Domenico, G., Baruffaldi, F.,

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Intersecting Genomics and Anthropology Co-author Pontus Skoglund envisions the broader application of this method to challenging archaeological remains. These findings highlight the diversity of genetic conditions present in ancient populations and emphasize the role of genomic analysis in unraveling complex aspects of their lives.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 13, 2025

Through these poems, we pull an anthropological lens to our eye to look at critical questions of power and agency. In June 2024, our editorial team put out a call for submissions of anthropological poems of resistance, refusal, and wayfinding. Wherever there is injustice, there is refusal.

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Anthropology News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Below is a list of the most-read article from each journal in 2024, but be sure to visit each journal’s homepage on AnthroSource to see all of the incredible pieces they’ve published over the past year! Current ethnographic practices in US anthropology Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Michael G. Lacy, Amber Wutich, H.

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