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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Bae of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and senior researcher Xiujie Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research sheds light on a complex evolutionary period in Asia’s late Middle and early Late Pleistocene. Credit: Nature Communications (2024).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

“I came to theory desperate, wanting to comprehend—to grasp what was happening around and within me.” – 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.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers from the University of Tübingen have found that australopithecine hands exhibited the necessary muscle attachments for complex object manipulation. These attachment sites adapt and strengthen with frequent use, allowing researchers to infer habitual behaviors. "By A new study shows that A. afarensis and A. 1 Kunze, J.,

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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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Sapiens

APRIL 22, 2025

In this episode, social anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceo Gonzlez talks about his experiences as a foreign researcher in Chile. Marta and her family held a mock election to protest not being able to vote in their home country during the presidential elections in 2024. Before his Ph.D.,

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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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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. Additionally, the researchers found high concentrations of manganese oxides in the combustion features.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

In May 2024, questions about who should care for refugees’ languages, and about what constituted a language worthy of care, emerged at a community-based workshop, “Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning (SEE Learning) for Multilingual Children,” in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

He is a behavioral economist who uses economic theory and empirics to study topics in the intersection of economics, psychology, political science, sociology and anthropology. In December 2024, APSA awarded 22 projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics for a combined amount of $44,000.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

The solo exhibition Alexa Vasquez: Undocumented Times/Queer Yearnings opened on May 25, 2024, at the Oceanside Museum of Art in Southern California, displaying the work of Alexa Vasquez, an undocumented trans woman born in Oaxaca, Mexico, and currently living in Corona, California. Mexico border and part of a militarized border county.

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MAY 1, 2024

Natalia Adams, Wake Forest University Natalia Adams is a rising senior at Wake Forest University majoring in politics and international affairs with minors in anthropology and Spanish. Natalia greatly enjoys conducting research and hopes to make valuable contributions to the political science discipline following graduation.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Yet, new research from Dartmouth anthropologists suggests that risky play, such as climbing and swinging, fulfills an evolutionary need crucial to child development and resilience. ” The researchers connect this concept to our evolutionary history. .” 1 Fannin, L. Thayer, Z. M., & Dominy, N.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

She specializes in comparative political theory intersecting with cultural anthropology and indigenous studies. In December 2024, APSA awarded 22 projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics for a combined amount of $44,000. Read about the funded projects.

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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. Journal : Nature , 2014.

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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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DECEMBER 13, 2024

By analyzing distinctive genetic markers, researchers quantified this percentage, shedding light on the enduring impact of interbreeding events in human evolutionary history. Benjamin Peter from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology explained, “We show that the period of mixing was quite complex.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 9, 2024

Joining a biographical account of Foucault with careful exegesis of his later writings on care of the self, Dr. Tilleczek elaborates a ‘general ascetology’ in which understanding power and agency as they pertain to practices of self-improvement remains a matter of historical anthropological investigation.

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JULY 31, 2024

Recent linguistic research 1 suggests that Indigenous people entered North America in at least four distinct waves between 12,000 and 24,000 years ago. A study published on March 30 in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology sheds light on the linguistic journey of early Americans. American Journal of Biological Anthropology.

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MARCH 10, 2025

When a delegation of Lakota elders visited in February 2024, they provided a critical perspective on how the remains should be cared for. That philosophy, of mutual respect and understanding, could serve as a model not just for museum collections, but for archaeology and anthropology as a whole. Related Research Luby, E.

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Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

On January 15, two days before the start of the 2024 school year, I joined 50 grade eight students and their guardians for an orientation at Launch, a high school in one of Cape Town’s oldest townships. My ethnographic research at Launch revealed the complex spatial and affective politics of black youth aspiration in a postapartheid city.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

However, recent research underscores the limitations of this approach, highlighting the potential biases introduced by relying on such geographically limited data. The study, led by Assistant Professor of Anthropology W. of the total geographic range of these species. 1 Barr, W. A., & Wood, B.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

New research involving faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York, disproves the widely held belief of a “population crash” on Easter Island, revealing it to be a myth. Key contributors to the study include Carl Lipo, Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Science; Robert J. 1 Davis, D.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A new study conducted by an international research team, including scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has revealed that humans have dramatically increased their capacity to digest starches, marking a significant moment in human evolution.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

1929-2024 Leonard Glick Leonard Glick—educator, scholar, anthropologist, former psychiatrist, and wit—passed away peacefully at home with his family shortly after turning 94. In 1957 Len left medicine for a field that interested him far more, beginning the study of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and getting his PhD in 1963.

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JULY 27, 2024

1934-2024 Donald E. After army service, in 1959, Brown returned to El Camino and declared anthropology as his major. He transferred to UCLA to continue his anthropology courses with M. One of his classmates was Carrie Chu, who was from Hong Kong and was studying anthropology and Southeast Asian history.

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APRIL 17, 2024

1930-2024 Luther Paul Gerlach was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1961, Gerlach was hired as an assistant professor of anthropology and sociology at Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania. Luther Gerlach (1930-2024) takes a photograph. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 26, 2024

Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession for the third entry to their 2024 virtual workshop series. Friday, May 3, 2024 | 3:00 PM | Register Here This workshop will help graduate students better navigate the challenges and considerations of fieldwork.

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AUGUST 2, 2024

As the 2024 Summer Olympics captivate audiences with extraordinary athletic displays, it presents a timely opportunity to delve into the fascinating anthropology of endurance running. The Olympic Spirit and Human Endurance The 2024 Summer Olympics are a global stage where the world's top athletes showcase their prowess.

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JUNE 23, 2024

On Monday, December 2, 2024 , historian Orisanmi Burton and Teaching for Black Lives co-editor Jesse Hagopian will discuss Burton’s book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt , which argues that prisons are a domain of hidden warfare within U.S.

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MAY 8, 2024

In a study published in Nature Communications 1 , researchers from CNRS, MNHN, and Université Paris Cité propose that social reorganization, rather than conflict-related mortality, drove this genetic shift. It underscores the role of social organization shifts, particularly the proliferation of certain lineages over others.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Led by Associate Professor Jason Toohey and Professor Melissa Murphy, their research 1 sheds light on monumental megalithic architecture dating back approximately 4,750 years. Through outreach efforts, the team works closely with local residents to share findings and preserve cultural heritage. Together with students from Peru and the U.S.,

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MARCH 6, 2024

Recent research from Binghamton University reveals a groundbreaking application of ancient DNA extraction techniques in forensic anthropology. By adapting methods from ancient DNA research and forensic science, researchers successfully obtained usable DNA data even from heavily burned bones. 1 Emery, M. 1 Emery, M.

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MARCH 21, 2024

1950–2024 Rafael Sánchez Cacheiro, retired senior lecturer at the Geneva Graduate Institute, passed away on February 22, 2024, in Geneva, after a valiant battle with cancer. Morris ) The post Rafael Sánchez Cacheiro appeared first on Anthropology News. Patricia Spyer and Rosalind C.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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

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MAY 17, 2024

Some hunts on foot covered 62 miles, the team say Credit: Alamy Challenging Assumptions Recent research published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour 1 challenges the prevailing notion that the endurance pursuit of prey, involving lengthy chases on foot, was an uncommon hunting strategy among hunter-gatherer societies.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

Result African companies facing economic difficulties in 2024 are turn into artificial intelligence to reduce marketing and advertising expenses, raising concerns about potential job losses. decline in ad spending in 2023, according to WARC, with a modest recovery expected in 2024, primarily driven by 6.1% Third point.

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