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Neanderthals: The First Fossil Collectors?

Anthropology.net

Quaternary (2024) Fossils in a Mousterian Context The Findings at Prado Vargas Cave In the Mousterian Level 4 of Prado Vargas Cave, researchers uncovered 15 marine fossils, including species such as Tylostoma , Granocardium productum , and Pholadomya gigantea. Marine fossils from the Prado Vargas Cave in Spain. Navazo Ruiz et al.,

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Meet Raquel Centeno, 2024 Fund for Latino Scholarship Recipient

Political Science Now

Much of Raquel’s research is motivated by questions of how voters’ various group identities influence their perceptions of politics, and her dissertation uses the cases of Latino and White partisans to examine how racial status threat fuels partisan polarization. Learn more about the Fund for Latino Scholarship.

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The Firekeepers of the Ice Age: Unearthing the Gravettian Flame

Anthropology.net

The Fire That Binds Beyond its practical applications, fire likely played a critical role in fostering social cohesion among Gravettian groups. Sitting around a fire would have been a time for storytelling, teaching, and reinforcing group identity. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02126-x Mallol et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.04.006