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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Credit: bioRxiv (2025). This suggests that light skin was never an evolutionary necessity but rather one of many possible adaptations shaped by cultural and environmental factors. Rather than a straightforward adaptation to UV exposure, it is a story of migration, gene flow, and cultural shifts. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1801948115

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MARCH 1, 2025

As Omane and colleagues put it: “The idea that a child learns only one particular language from a single caregiver, as is often assumed in Western cultures, does not apply to these communities.” “The common assumptions do not reflect the diversity and complexity found in other cultural contexts such as Ghana.”

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Recent analysis of artifacts from two Lusatian Culture cemeteries suggests that early metallurgists were not only working with iron from terrestrial sources but also incorporating metal from ataxite meteorites—an extremely rare form of nickel-rich iron that originates in space. Pin fragment (E) from Częstochowa-Mirów (4).

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APRIL 16, 2025

According to co-author Raven Garvey, an anthropologist at the University of Michigan, modern humans likely used a suite of cultural technologies to mitigate UV exposure. It is plausible, Garvey noted, that some caves were used not just for their cultural or symbolic significance but as literal refuges from a more dangerous atmosphere.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

Through statistical comparisons of genetic distances, geographic relationships, and the distribution of mythological motifs, the study reveals that both population movements and cultural diffusion have shaped the stories we tell today. The models tested also oversimplify the complexity of cultural transmission.

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JANUARY 19, 2025

This nuance suggests a more varied diet than previously thought, shaped by both ecological and cultural factors. The findings also raise broader questions about cultural practices. Was this a matter of ecological limitation or cultural preference? Read more 1 Martinoia, V., Papathanasiou, A., MacDonald, R., & Richards, M.

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MAY 1, 2025

The results hint at a Europe in flux: a continent repeatedly reshaped not just by migration but by the slow churn of diet, disease, and cultural transformation. BC, without cultural affiliation, Věstonice cluster). BC, Gravettian culture). BC, Gravettian culture). BC, Magdalenian culture).

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MARCH 4, 2025

While sites in Iberia, Greece, and the Levant reveal a flourishing network of trade, agriculture, and technology, North Africa—except for Egypt—has often been cast as an empty land, a region untouched by the cultural currents shaping the rest of the ancient world. This is a crucial detail.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Instead, it suggests that the brain's ability to process language may have developed first as an internal cognitive tool, later spilling into outward communication and cultural expression. Language is not just a communication system; it is the foundation of human thought, culture, and innovation," Tattersall emphasizes. 1 Miyagawa, S.,

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JANUARY 16, 2025

These sites, associated with the Funnel Beaker culture, were active around 2900 BCE. Iversen et al/Antiquity 2025 Read more The Stones of Bornholm Between 2013 and 2018, archaeologists excavated over 600 intricately carved stones from ritual sites on Bornholm. John Lee/National Museum of Denmark, R.

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APRIL 7, 2025

These instruments, linked to the Umm an-Nar culture, provide compelling evidence of a shared musical tradition between the ancient civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula and the Indus Valley.​ Al Rahbi Music has long served as a universal language, transcending geographical and cultural boundaries. S., & Douglas, K.

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APRIL 12, 2025

Credit: Stepanchuk and Naumenko, 2025 That age alone would be noteworthy. “That would place culture, in its earliest form, hundreds of thousands of years deeper into our past.” They are tools—fashioned from mammoth tusk, weathered by time, and dating back roughly 400,000 years.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Found in different parts of Europe, these two industries have often been grouped together as “transitional industries,” implying that they might share a common technological or cultural origin. This has implications for how we view the spread of modern human culture. But do they? 1) Core exploited by orthogonal planes. (2,

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Anthropology News

MARCH 5, 2025

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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.

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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.

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APRIL 14, 2025

By applying the Gini coefficient—a widely used metric for measuring inequality—to house sizes, the study created a cross-cultural snapshot of economic disparity over 10,000 years. Inequality is not a default state of civilization—it is a historical process shaped by choices, constraints, and cultural norms.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

These sites span from the Natufian culture (15,000 years ago) to the early Neolithic period (8,500 years ago). Credit: Naftali Hilger Quantifying Early Architectural Change Using a novel method, the team digitized and analyzed the outlines of 118 structures from 23 archaeological sites across the Mediterranean and Jordan Valley.

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APRIL 23, 2025

But beneath its cracked sediment and the shifting shoreline of long-vanished lakes, archaeologists are beginning to piece together a story not just of survival—but of deep cultural adaptation. Jórdeczka in Radiocarbon (2025) DOI:10.1017/RDC.2025.4 Pottery from FV 139 B - bottom of layer 1 (0–10 cm).

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APRIL 14, 2025

Fire as Cultural Technology Fire is not merely a survival tool. It’s a cultural signature—a human technology that supports cooking, warmth, light, storytelling, and symbolism. ” These questions remain open, and they point to a deeper need to reassess what we expect fire-use to look like archaeologically. Kononenko, O.,

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APRIL 2, 2025

This ancient group shares ancestry with the 15,000-year-old foragers of Taforalt Cave in Morocco, associated with the Iberomaurusian culture. © Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome The Spread of Pastoralism: Migration or Cultural Diffusion? View of the Takarkori rock shelter in Southern Libya. ©

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APRIL 30, 2025

Future research may extend this model to other regions, such as Southeast Asia and Oceania, or test whether similar gradients exist in cultural practices like myth, kinship, or cosmology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B , 365(1559), 3845–3854. link] Reich, D. 1 Urban, M., & Naranjo, M.

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MARCH 5, 2025

Credit: CSIC This finding changes the way we think about early human cognition, technological adaptability, and cultural innovation. Nature (2025). Bone tools found in Olduvai, photographed in the Pleistocene Archaeology Lab of CSIC. ” The implications of this are profound. 1 de la Torre, I., Benito-Calvo, A. million years ago.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

.” A Travois Without Wheels: Early Transport Innovation A travois—a simple sled-like structure made from wooden poles tied in an A-frame—has long been documented in Native American cultures. Historically, it was used by Plains peoples to haul loads across the land, often drawn by horses or dogs. Related Research Bennett, M.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Human societies are built on layers of culture, law, and technology, yet beneath it all, some of the oldest instincts in the animal kingdom continue to shape our world. Modern consumer culture, Colombo suggests, is another expression of this primal drive. Religious institutions have often enforced authority through punitive doctrines.

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MARCH 7, 2025

Undergraduate students making an individual submission must ensure their mentors have paid the CAAS membership fee for 2025 before making a submission. can enrich the curriculum illustrate how new technologies, such as AI, can transform the study of ancient texts and improve our appreciation of Greco-Roman culture.

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MARCH 26, 2025

2 ) takes different cultural components and specific lithic traditions/categories into account. This suggests that early settlers may have developed cultural adaptations that allowed them to survive in colder conditions. The cultural timeline does not indicate that cold conditions were a barrier to human expansion," the study notes.

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APRIL 29, 2025

Journal of Quaternary Science (2025) A new study in the Journal of Quaternary Science 1 suggests that at least one band of Late Upper Paleolithic foragers made their way to the windswept tip of the Isle of Skye, a place so remote it has long been considered beyond the reach of early postglacial settlement. Hardy et al., Hardy et al.,

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JANUARY 17, 2025

The Acheulian culture, which emerged around 1.75 . “Melka Wakena’s unique high-altitude setting offers valuable insights into how early humans adapted to challenging environments,” the researchers wrote. A closer look at Acheulian raw material selection." PLOS ONE, 11 (9), e0161322. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161322

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The experiences focus on global and cultural competencies, health and wellness, leadership, research, creative and scholarly activities, and service learning and civic engagement. Communication is vital to creating a successful program.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

The ROAD database, developed by the Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans (ROCEEH) project, contains data from over 2,400 prehistoric sites across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Kandel from the University of Tübingen and Dr. Shumon T. Hussain from the University of Cologne, drew on a vast database of archaeological findings.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

This discovery not only reshapes our timeline of human dispersal but also challenges us to reconsider the ecological and cultural dynamics that enabled early hominins to thrive in diverse landscapes. As research continues, the story of humanity’s early wanderers promises to become even more intricate and compelling. Pobiner, B.,

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

Our hybrid conference, scheduled for May 2, 2025 , will be held in person at the Graduate Center in Manhattan and online via Zoom. The event will investigate how landscape features such as rivers, mountains, and other natural elements function as both connectors and boundaries, shaping cultural narratives and societal interactions.

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APRIL 17, 2025

Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). Credit: Maria Bukin; PLOS ONE (2025). ” In The Aegean and its Cultures (eds. Not for clay, copper, or olive oil, but for something far more elusive: color. And not just any color. Photo of body sherds of purple dye vats with purple dye remains. Galanaki et al.).

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APRIL 4, 2025

But beyond their everyday function of fastening and securing, knots hold something deeper: a story about the evolution of human cognition, the flow of culture, and the quiet persistence of shared technique across continents and millennia. The process of Gauss coding a simple knot. Image credit: Roope Kaaronen / University of Helsinki.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). This suggests that different groups across Arabia may have been developing their own localized traditions rather than adhering to a single, uniform technological culture. What Comes Next?

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MARCH 11, 2025

This is the prevailing mission for the pluralistic CivxNow Coalition , whose more than 370 members span the country, and whose contributors include classroom teachers, school leaders, curriculum providers, out-of-school clubs and organizations and cultural institutions. Continued progress is necessary.

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