Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Credit: bioRxiv (2025). Their findings upend traditional assumptions. By analyzing ancient DNA from 348 individuals spanning 45,000 years, the researchers have reconstructed a far more intricate picture—one in which light pigmentation emerged gradually, in fits and starts, rather than in a smooth, inevitable progression.

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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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MARCH 25, 2025

These tools, characterized by a prepared-core technique that allowed for precise flake removal, have long been studied using traditional measurements. This new study offers a different lens: analyzing the entire three-dimensional structure of the core to assess how shape is controlled across different regions and tradition.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 14, 2025

Fieldwork Approaches in Comparative Politics: MENA Region (Virtual) | Apply Here Join us for a virtual dissertation workshop held in October 2025 (exact dates and times will be determined once participants are selected). Our virtual workshops are held over the summer or fall.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

And though the pandemic has slowed down its plans a bit, the state has kept its commitment to invest enough money in the program to make it available to 70 percent of the state’s 4-year-olds by 2025. The post Alabama aims for huge pre-K enrollment boost by 2025, despite pandemic setback appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 17, 2025

Unlike its predecessor, the Oldowan tradition, which focused on basic percussive technologies, the Acheulian period is marked by a broader use of advanced tools such as handaxes and cleavers. Emerging from the earlier Oldowan tradition around 1.75 The Acheulian culture, which emerged around 1.75 PLOS ONE, 11 (9), e0161322.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 27, 2025

Mapping Myths and Movements Mythological Motifs as Cultural DNA At the heart of this study is the database of Yuri Berezkin, which catalogs the presence or absence of 2,138 "mythemes"—core narrative motifs—across 926 traditions worldwide. Read more 1 Delbrassine, H., Mezzavilla, M., Vallini, L., Berezkin, Y., Bortolini, E.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 1, 2025

This challenges traditional ideas about how early language exposure works and suggests that our understanding of linguistic development has been constrained by a Western lens. Instead of a single, primary caregiver guiding a child’s linguistic journey, Ghanaian babies are immersed in a swirling, communal world of overlapping languages.

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MARCH 5, 2025

The team behind the discovery, led by Ignacio de la Torre, Luc Doyon, and Francesco d’Errico, argues that these tools represent a distinct technological tradition, not just an opportunistic or accidental use of bones. Nature (2025). 1 de la Torre, I., Benito-Calvo, A. Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 19, 2025

Decoding the Diets: The Role of Isotopes The Power of Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis Traditional isotopic analysis often paints broad strokes about ancient diets but falls short in disentangling the nuances of dietary composition. Read more "Neolithic Agricultural Practices and Diets" Insights from isotope studies on early farmers.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

2025 The study, published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 1 , examined 26 iron objects from burial sites at Częstochowa-Raków and Częstochowa-Mirów. Bracelets (A-B-C) and ankle ring (D) from Częstochowa-Raków made of meteoritic iron (3). Pin fragment (E) from Częstochowa-Mirów (4).

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 14, 2025

Yet, despite its central role in human evolution, determining when and how language first emerged remains a challenge. Fossils do not speak, and ancient DNA does not carry recordings of conversations. Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new genomic study, published in Frontiers in Psychology 1 , approaches the problem differently. 1 Miyagawa, S.,

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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 24, 2025

“These features, whatever their age, demonstrate traditional ancient Indigenous practices, driven by the universal human need to transport possessions and resources.” The researchers propose that these markings, found in association with human footprints, may represent the earliest known use of a human-drawn transport system.

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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. on Monday, September 8, 2025. CAAS Conference Travel Subsidies: CAAS offers need-based travel subsidies (up to $600) to speakers to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting.

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Anthropology.net

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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Anthropology.net

MARCH 18, 2025

Credit: Archaeometry (2025). Credit: Archaeometry (2025). Moment, But a Slow Discovery The traditional view of early toolmaking suggests that one particularly clever hominin, perhaps while cracking a nut or smashing a bone, accidentally broke a rock and discovered the sharp edges it produced. Image by Michelle R. Not a "Eureka!"

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Challenging the Traditional View of Neanderthal Evolution The study’s conclusions challenge traditional models of Neanderthal evolution. Previous theories largely fell into two camps: The Accretion Model – Neanderthals evolved gradually through accumulating small genetic changes over time. 0226555 1 Urciuoli, A.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 26, 2025

Spatial distribution of archaeological sites included in the Bayesian chronological modelling according to geographic province, lithic technology (tradition or category), altitude and evidence for megafauna (MF) killing/scavenging by humans. Although a single lithic tradition/category is assigned to each site, some contain more than one (e.g.,

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 4, 2025

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. This suggests that Phoenician influence in the Maghreb was not purely a one-sided imposition but a more complex process of cultural negotiation. 1 Benattia, H.,

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). These artifacts stand out for their sophistication, demonstrating a clear departure from earlier Middle Paleolithic traditions. The tools' makers were not just chipping away at stones haphazardly; they were following a refined tradition, optimizing each flake for efficiency.

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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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Society for Classical Studies

MARCH 7, 2025

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. Each paper will be assigned a responder, a senior researcher in the thematic area selected. and moa24@cam.ac.uk

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 23, 2025

Jórdeczka in Radiocarbon (2025) DOI:10.1017/RDC.2025.4 The production of eggshell ornaments—requiring precise drilling, grinding, and polishing—suggests skilled craftsmanship and cultural continuity with Pleistocene traditions found further south and east. Muntowski and M. link] 1 Bobrowski, P., Jórdeczka, M.,

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Living Geography

APRIL 29, 2025

Far from undermining traditional geography, it enhances our ability to understand complex, interconnected environments that impact both physical places and human experiences. Source World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2005-2006 to 2024-2025.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 10, 2025

The presence of these distinct lithic technologies indicates that hunter-gatherers in this region were part of a broader cultural tradition that spanned much of southern Europe in the final millennia of the Ice Age. The radiocarbon dating places these tools firmly within the Early Epigravettian, aligning with known sites across Italy.

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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." ​ Credit: Science (2025). ​ Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adp4642.

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Society for Classical Studies

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Diversity of Relations from Antiquity to Modernity April 10-11, 2025 We are delighted to invite you to participate in the fifth interdisciplinary international academic conference on the relationship between ancient Rome and the Iberian Peninsula. Material culture remains from the Roman times on the Peninsula’s territory.

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Anthropology.net

APRIL 14, 2025

Others developed traditions or institutions that emphasized reciprocity and mutual aid. People in different places made different choices about governance, resource sharing, and social cooperation. Some communities implemented checks and balances that curbed wealth concentration. These decisions mattered—and they still do. Lawrence, D.,

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Society for Classical Studies

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Deadline The deadline for submitting ALL proposals for the 2025 Annual Meeting is Friday, April 5, 2024 at 11:59 P.M. (ET). There you will find important information pertaining to the requirements for making a submission, plus links to guidelines and other resources from our program committee on submitting a proposal for the Annual Meeting.

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Honoring the richness of the American and European philosophical traditions, the Ancient Philosophy Society supports phenomenological, postmodern, Anglo-American, Straussian, Tübingen School, hermeneutic, psychoanalytic, and feminist interpretations of ancient Greek and Roman philosophical and literary works.

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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 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. This challenges long-held assumptions that early human technologies were purely reactionary adaptations.

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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 prevailing hypothesis is that Neanderthals, or at least their tool-making traditions, never reached East Asia. Instead, the region was home to Homo sapiens , Denisovans, and possibly other hominin groups.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 31, 2025

122 (14) e2416221122, [link] (2025). The shift from a hunter-gatherer existence to an agrarian lifestyle stands as one of the most profound transformations in human history. Traditionally, scholars have attributed this Neolithic transition to external factors like climatic shifts or the allure of fertile lands. Kolář, R.

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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. 122 (9) e2418485122, [link] (2025).

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Society for Classical Studies

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Does the French Revolution feel like it only happened yesterday? Are you struggling to persuade colleagues, friends, significant others that Boethius is actually quite interesting? The joy of intellectual history is its ability to retrieve long lost concepts from the past.

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