2024 Anthropology Cultures 
Teaching Anthropology
MARCH 7, 2024
By Shelene Gomes, University of the West Indies, & Lara Watkins, Bridgewater State University Students can read about culture, but hearing peers narrate personal experiences in another country provides invaluable firsthand insights. Analysing these narratives allows for a deeper understanding of cultural differences.
Sapiens
DECEMBER 4, 2024
In early 2024, Spain’s culture minister announced that the nation would overhaul its state museum collections, igniting a wave of anticipation—and controversy. It is crucial to understand that decolonizing efforts in museums do not equate to an immediate, wholesale return of cultural material. Unlike the U.K., Unlike the U.K.,
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Anthropology.net
MARCH 25, 2025
The results challenge long-held assumptions about how early humans controlled tool shape and suggest that the differences in Levallois core designs may be more influenced by cultural traditions than previously thought Why Levallois Technology Matters Levallois technology represents a milestone in human cognitive and technological evolution.
Anthropology News
DECEMBER 3, 2024
1932–2024 Credit: David Plowden Photo of David Sapir in New Hampshire by David Plowden J. David Sapir, a cultural and linguistic anthropologist, West Africanist, and scholar of folklore and ethnographic photography, died August 31, 2024, at the age of 91. He majored in anthropology at Yale, writing a thesis on African folktales.
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? Taylor & Francis.
Anthropology.net
DECEMBER 3, 2024
By reframing prehistoric creativity as an inter-generational endeavor, this study reveals that children were not just observers but active participants in shaping their cultural landscapes. Children, Metaphorical Thinking, and Upper Paleolithic Visual Cultures Author : Nowell, A. Journal : PLoS ONE , 2024.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
These findings offer new insights into the evolutionary pathways of dexterity and cultural development that began long before the genus Homo emerged. sediba displayed substantial manipulation abilities, which, while not necessarily linked directly to stone tools, could indicate broader cultural behaviors. 1 Kunze, J., Harvati, K.,
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