Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 13, 2024

“Most non-Africans today carry 1-2% Neanderthal ancestry, underscoring the impact of these interactions on the settlement of regions outside Africa.” Dr. Benjamin Peter from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology explained, “We show that the period of mixing was quite complex. DOI : 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.10.003

Humanities 98

Humanities Ancestry Anthropology Museum 98

Anthropology.net

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. Journal : Nature , 2018. Journal : Nature , 2014.

Humanities 98

Humanities History Ancestry Anthropology 98

Anthropology 365

APRIL 7, 2025

Their morphological resemblance to grey wolves thus results from convergent evolution rather than shared ancestry ( Perri et al. Despite coexisting geographically during the Late Pleistocene, dire wolves show no genomic evidence of interbreeding with grey wolves or coyotes, indicating prolonged evolutionary isolation.

Ancestry 89

Ancestry Heritage Research History 89

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Journal : Evolutionary Anthropology , 2022. 1302653110 Summary : Uses dental morphology to reassess speciation events and shared ancestry between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Sciences , 2007. DOI : 10.1002/evan.21955 DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1302653110

Ancestry 111

Ancestry Anthropology Humanities Museum 111

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent study, published in the European Journal of Archaeology 1 , suggests these plaques may represent one of humanity's earliest attempts at recording genealogy—a non-verbal precursor to modern ancestry documentation. Journal : Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 2017.

Archaeology 98

Archaeology Artifacts Ancestry Anthropology 98

Anthropology News

MARCH 28, 2025

Foreign residents and Japanese of mixed ancestry try to pass as Japanese to avoid the stigma of being a foreigner. Alex Wolff and Yanping Ni are the section contributing editors for the Society for East Asian Anthropology. However, not all foreigners are treated equally in Japan.

Anthropology 94

Anthropology Ancestry Government Humanities 94

Sapiens

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

By checking “Patient’s Race,” we health care providers pretend to know something that we cannot possibly know: the patient’s ancestry and associated medical risk. I was struck by an alarming dichotomy: Genetics and anthropology scholarship have unanimously refuted a biological basis for race. Yet, the M.D.

Ancestry 143

Ancestry Anthropology Humanities Museum 143

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The findings, published in Nature Communications 1 , reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived, offering a rare glimpse into the lives of prehistoric humans. Life history and ancestry of the late Upper Palaeolithic infant from Grotta delle Mura, Italy.

Ancestry 98

Ancestry Archaeology Anthropology Humanities 98

Strange Maps

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

This is a huge step forward from the mutually exclusive, previous scenarios, towards a more plausible model that integrates archaeological, anthropological, and genetic findings.” Strange Maps #1220 Got a strange map? Let me know at strangemaps@gmail.com. Follow Strange Maps on Twitter and Facebook.

Archaeology 52

Archaeology Ancestry Anthropology Humanities 52

Sapiens

MARCH 4, 2025

The pandemic also took a toll on other historically marginalized groups: For example, the annual rate of death by suicide among elders over the age of 85 in Clark County, Nevada, increased by 14 percent across the pre- and post-pandemic periods, according to research in forensic anthropology. In fact, many of us rarely, if ever, testify.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Anthropology Ancestry Human Rights 98

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Genetic Divides: Farmers in the South, Hunter-Gatherers in the North Distinct Ancestral Lineages Northern Caucasian populations displayed Eastern hunter-gatherer ancestry, while southern groups carried a blend of hunter-gatherer and East Anatolian farmer DNA. Source: Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.

Cultures 98

Cultures Ancestry Archaeology Anthropology 98

Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

published in The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 , has provided fresh insights into the complex origins of the Fulani, tracing their ancestry back to an ancient, lost world—the Green Sahara. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 137 (2), 168-174. Now, a groundbreaking genetic study by Fortes-Lima et al.,

History 115

History Ancestry Geography K-12 115

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 18, 2024

.” How the Study Was Conducted To uncover the genetic basis for tooth dimensions, the researchers turned to a diverse dataset of 882 Colombian volunteers of mixed European, Native American, and African ancestry. Using high-resolution 3D scans of dental casts, they measured the visible parts of teeth, or dental crowns.

Humanities 98

Humanities Ancestry Anthropology K-12 98

Anthropology.net

DECEMBER 3, 2024

"We know the community of microbes living in the large intestine can produce compounds that affect aspects of human biology," explained Katherine Amato, associate professor of anthropology at Northwestern and lead author of the study. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159 (S61), 196–215. DOI:10.1002/ajp.22867 Sharma, A.

Humanities 98

Humanities K-12 Ancestry Anthropology 98

Anthropology News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In my first Presidents Column for Anthropology News , I described World on the Move , still in its incubation stage: Building on AAAs past achievements andlooking to the future, I expect to helpbringanthropology more fully into the public conversation about critical local and global social issues and policy debates. And maybe they never did.

Anthropology 90

Anthropology Library Ancestry Cultures 90

Anthropology News

APRIL 3, 2025

These ghosts are both echoes of ancestry and culture, and the silent weight of our search for belonging and self-location within layered identities. ” The post Ghosts: A Song appeared first on Anthropology News. Ghosts is a song that explores how the unseen influences the everyday.

Ancestry 52

Ancestry Anthropology History Cultures 52

Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Implications for Understanding Human Evolution The study’s findings contribute to a broader understanding of human ancestry, emphasizing gradual, continuous change as a driving force in brain evolution. Source: Current Anthropology. Brain Size and Hominin Cognition Alatorre Warren, J.

Humanities 98

Humanities Ancestry Anthropology Tradition 98