Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

For decades, the story of how human pigmentation changed as Homo sapiens spread across Europe has been told in broad strokes. Early humans arrived from Africa with dark skin, and as they adapted to lower UV radiation in northern latitudes, their skin lightened—a simple narrative of evolutionary selection. Credit: bioRxiv (2025).

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 28, 2025

Traditional ancestry reports often provide a static snapshot, indicating, for example, that an individual is "50% Irish." While informative, this perspective oversimplifies the intricate tapestry of human ancestry, which is more akin to a dynamic film than a still photograph. ​ Credit: Science (2025).

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 31, 2025

The shift from a hunter-gatherer existence to an agrarian lifestyle stands as one of the most profound transformations in human history. However, recent research challenges this narrative, emphasizing the pivotal role of human interactions and demographic dynamics in this monumental change.​ 122 (14) e2416221122, [link] (2025).

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Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 19, 2024

For decades, archaeologists have described the architectural evolution of early human settlements as a transition from circular to rectangular structures—a shift thought to reflect deeper societal changes. But a new study led by Hadas Goldgeier, Dr. Antoine Muller, and Prof. 1 Goldgeier, H., Muller, A., & Grosman, L.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A new study published in Scientific Reports 1 takes another look at human remains from Maszycka Cave in Poland, and the findings reignite a long-standing debate. Human induced modifications on cranial and postcranial remains. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). This new study, however, brings a fresh perspective.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

To correct this, the team organized a workshop where archaeologists directly examined artifacts from both traditions side by side. 7, 8) Core with two opposing faces with parallel detachments This fundamental difference in technique suggests that these groups did not learn from one another or share a common cultural tradition.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

A Discovery in the Desert The story of human migration is often told in sweeping arcs—great waves of Homo sapiens leaving Africa, moving into Eurasia, and eventually populating the entire planet. Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025).

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 7, 2025

When the "Lapedo Child" was unearthed in 1998 in the Lagar Velho Valley, it upended long-held assumptions about Neanderthal extinction and human evolution. This confirms that the Lapedo Child lived thousands of years earlier than some prior estimates and aligns the burial with other Gravettian mortuary traditions across Europe.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

But beneath its frozen surface lies a complex history of human migration, isolation, and adaptation. Credit: Nature (2025). If precision medicine is truly the future, it must include all of humanity—not just those whose ancestors lived in temperate climates. American Journal of Human Genetics. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.10.005

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 1, 2025

As the authors emphasize, future research should look beyond Western contexts to build a truly global understanding of how humans acquire language. ” This is a wake-up call for linguistics and cognitive science: if we want to understand how humans learn language, we need to look at the full range of human experiences.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 17, 2025

Nearly two million years ago, in the high-altitude landscape of the Ethiopian Highlands, early human ancestors at the Acheulian site of Melka Wakena weren’t simply grabbing the nearest stones to use as tools. Some of the bones display telltale anthropogenic marks, suggesting that early humans had a significant presence here.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 19, 2025

An Ancient Cave with Modern Questions Franchthi Cave, nestled in the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece, has been a silent witness to 40,000 years of human history. Yet, the isotopic signatures of human bones do not strongly reflect these inputs, pointing to their limited dietary importance. Read more 1 Martinoia, V., Papathanasiou, A.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 5, 2025

A Discovery That Reshapes the Story of Human Innovation For over a century, Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has been the stage for some of the most profound discoveries in human evolution. Credit: CSIC This finding changes the way we think about early human cognition, technological adaptability, and cultural innovation.

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Anthropology.net

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.​ The discovery of these well-preserved cymbals offers a rare glimpse into the auditory traditions of Bronze Age communities.​

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Excavations at Bété I uncovered a striking connection between early humans and a wet tropical forest environment, dated to approximately 150,000 years ago using advanced dating techniques such as optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and electron spin resonance (ESR). Their conclusion?

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Soldevilla, LDA A recent study, led by Erik Zamzow and his colleagues, explores the grinding stone deposits of the Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) in Central Europe, revealing a deeply symbolic connection between these objects and human life cycles. ” This variation in wear suggests a metaphorical link to human existence.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

That lack of disturbance makes it an exceptional place to study how humans occupied the region during the final millennia of the Upper Paleolithic. The presence of butchery marks on many of these bones suggests that humans actively hunted and processed animals at the site. Indeterminate bone with a short cut mark; C.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 9, 2025

All applications must be submitted by Sunday, April 27, 2025. We specifically welcome diverse methodological orientations in conducting fieldwork and innovative methods that challenges traditional knowledge production on/in the Middle East and North Africa. Our virtual workshops are held over the summer or fall.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 4, 2025

The earliest phase, dating between 2200–2000 BCE , provides evidence of human activity at the cusp of the Bronze Age transition. Rather than being overrun by an external culture, the people of Kach Kouch were actively adapting and integrating new influences into their own traditions. This is a crucial detail. 1 Benattia, H.,

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

As we start 2025, were looking back at the top podcast episodes chosen by listeners like you, and you can see a countdown of the top 10 below. Is it time to give traditional letter grade systems an F and replace them with alternatives that focus more on getting more students to master material? Thanks for listening!

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 2, 2025

The discovery of a sophisticated stone tool tradition in southern China is now forcing a major reassessment of that assumption. The presence of this distinctive technology so far from its previously known origins raises new questions about ancient human migrations, cultural exchange, and independent innovation.

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Society for Classical Studies

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. women, enslaved humans, people of color) in order to be more inclusive of the changing demographics in American society explore how the incorporation of noncanonical authors or writings (e.g.,

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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

God, humans, and the limits of piety and reason (e.g. Deadline for submission of abstracts : May 30, 2025. In this conference, we seek to explore vice and its various manifestations and effects. Vice is traditionally conceived as that which is deficient or falls short of good. infanticide , matricide , uxoricide , conjuxide , etc.)

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 6, 2025

Or echoes of a broader pan-Mesoamerican tradition? Sokołowski/PASI; Antiquity (2025) The figurines date back to roughly 410–380 BC , predating the rise of divine kingship in Mesoamerica. Przedwojewska-Szymańska/PASI; Antiquity (2025) Could the San Isidro figurines represent something similar?

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Ancient Hearths of Fuente del Salín Fire has long been a cornerstone of human existence, providing warmth, protection, and a means to cook food. The Gravettian mastery of fire provides a glimpse into the complexity of their cultural traditions, reshaping our understanding of how early humans structured their lives.

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MARCH 8, 2025

2025 Led by Dr. Sara Juengst, an international team of researchers analyzed the burial, comparing it to others from the region. Valdivia and the Coastal Tradition of Ecuador." Discusses the Valdivia culture’s burial practices and their influence on later traditions. Drawing of Burial 10 in situ during excavation.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Among the most perplexing of these practices is the display of severed human heads—gruesome relics once nailed to walls or placed near entrances. Science Takes a Bite Out of Ancient Iberian Mythology To uncover the origins of these skulls, researchers analyzed human remains from two major sites: Ullastret and Puig Castellar.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

These European burials included individuals with "eastern-type" traits—characteristics often associated with nomadic steppe traditions. Instead, the majority of individuals were of predominantly European origin, maintaining local genetic and cultural traditions. 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes."

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Anthropology News

MARCH 25, 2025

Powers, scholar of Lakota life and culture, died on January 5, 2025, at the age of 90. He went to Pine Ridge time and again and learned to dance, sing, and drum in the traditional styles and to speak Lakota fluently. Together his writings form much of the literature assuring preservation of traditional Lakota knowledge and worldview.

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Zinn Education Project

JULY 15, 2024

The series, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, is focused on six themes that are at the heart of SNCC’s history of grassroots organizing: the organizing tradition, voting rights, Black Power, women and gender, freedom teaching, and art and culture in movement building.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The Search for Early Symbolic Expression For decades, archaeologists have debated the origins of symbolic thought in early humans. Was it an innovation exclusive to modern humans, or did our distant relatives also engage in abstract expression? Symbolic behavior in early humans is often difficult to identify with certainty.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

“Even when they pass on, you still respect and honor them as non-human relatives. 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.

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Maitri Learning

JANUARY 12, 2025

Moving Beyond the "Brain in a Bucket" Theory For too long, traditional education has viewed learning as simply filling an empty vessel with knowledge, as if the brain operated in isolation from emotions and the body. This might come as a surprise, but humans actually have fewer genes than most plants, and about the same number as goldfish!

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Proponents say the sanctuary would also benefit Native and non-Native human residents by providing areas for recreation, defending against offshore oil drilling and mining , and likely generating hundreds of jobs in tourism and related industries.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

But it can get better in California, where 30 percent of all job openings by 2025 — more than a million jobs — will require some post-high school education, according to the state’s community college system. And then, like many Californians, he reflects on his commute. “I I don’t even have to catch a freeway to get here.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

This kind of business-led approach has become a focus of a statewide effort to increase the proportion of Tennesseans with degrees from its current level of about 40 percent — sixth lowest among the 50 states — to 55 percent by 2025. Walker Valley High School in Cleveland, Tennessee, is surrounded by rolling hills and factories.

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Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Call for Applications: Kingdon and Solmsen Fellowships at IRH kskordal Fri, 09/20/2024 - 08:43 Image The Institute for Research in the Humanities Robert M. Kingdon Fellowship and Solmsen Fellowship Call for Applications 2025–2026 Deadline: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Through the generous bequests of Robert M.

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