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MARCH 25, 2025

By analyzing cores from Egypt's Nazlet Khater region and Dhofar, Oman, the researchers tested several hypotheses about Levallois toolmaking: Was core shape independent of size, as suggested by the principle of "autocorrelation," meaning the shape remained consistent despite reduction in size through use? J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published in January. leading research excavations, the Durotriges project of the University of Bournemouth. While some of the press coverage about the new research portrayed the findings as a surprise, archaeologists were far from shocked.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The LaPrele Mammoth Site: A Window into Early North American Life Archaeological discoveries at the LaPrele mammoth site in Wyoming continue to shed light on the ingenuity and adaptability of Early North Americans, who lived in North America nearly 13,000 years ago.

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JANUARY 18, 2025

New research, published in Nature 1 by an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, delves into the lives of two neighboring Avar communities in Lower Austria. Related Research **Pohl, W. ” Oxford Journal of Archaeology. ” Nature Communications.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. lupus/familiaris ).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds. Teaching prompted us to reassess our skills and rediscover the motivations that led us to pursue archaeology originally.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

The researchers argue that the victims’ treatment was an act of dehumanization—an attempt by the attackers to reduce their enemies to the status of animals. The researchers propose that the violence may have been driven by social tensions rather than resource competition. Early Bronze Age Britain (c. link] Smith, G.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How might we recognise and engage with understandings of trauma, and what implications might this have for anthropological research and teaching? This Teaching Anthropology Special Issue will explore approaches to trauma-informed anthropology and to consider key emerging discussions around trauma-informed approaches more broadly.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Intersectional Anthropology. Here, I share about my class, “Intersectional Anthropology,” and reflect on some of the ways it has played into my career, while also acknowledging my privileges as a person who holds a Ph.D. and, in the context of international research, has United States citizenship.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Data from Prehistoric Sites The research team, including Dr. Andrew W. Hussain from the University of Cologne, drew on a vast database of archaeological findings. For this study, the researchers focused on zooarchaeological evidence—animal remains—from European sites inhabited by humans. ” Quaternary Research.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

It is also known as physical anthropology, which originally referred to the study of human biology within the framework of evolution and with an emphasis on the interaction between biology and culture. Physical anthropology is the original term, and it reflects the initial interests of anthropologists in describing human physical variation.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-86093-w The study, led by Francesc Marginedas and a team of international researchers, builds on previous investigations of the site. Cut Marks and Cracked Bones: The Case for Cannibalism Maszycka Cave is not new to the anthropological world. Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.06.003

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MAY 8, 2023

Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent learning and critical thinking are nurtured. Three challenges in teaching anthropology. Teaching Anthropology 1 (2), pp.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Bae of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and senior researcher Xiujie Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research sheds light on a complex evolutionary period in Asia’s late Middle and early Late Pleistocene. Led by Professor Christopher J.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

One such discovery has emerged from the archaeological site of Jebel Faya, a rock shelter nestled in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). One striking feature of the Jebel Faya assemblage is the presence of a laminar system," the researchers explain.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Credit: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02188-5 A new study 1 , led by researchers from Jilin University and Texas A&M University, has confirmed that the striking color was caused by cinnabar, a mercury sulfide mineral with a long history of ritual and medicinal use. Read more

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APRIL 2, 2025

Now, an international team of researchers 1 has uncovered the first ancient genomes from this long-lost ecosystem, shedding new light on an ancient North African lineage that has all but disappeared. © Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome The Spread of Pastoralism: Migration or Cultural Diffusion?

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Stacey is Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, specialising in the analysis of archaeological human remains. Follow Stacey on X (Twitter): @wardstaceym The post Stacey Ward first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. She was recently appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Stacey is Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, specialising in the analysis of archaeological human remains. Follow Stacey on X (Twitter): @wardstaceym The post Stacey Ward first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. She was recently appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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MARCH 17, 2025

Credit: @ASOME-UAB By analyzing the production and circulation of ceramic vessels in what is now Murcia, Spain, researchers have been able to trace the shifting borders of El Argar’s influence. Perhaps most significantly, this research provides a methodological blueprint for identifying ancient borders elsewhere.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A recent study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 takes a significant step toward answering these questions. The Engraved Stones of the Levant The researchers focused on five artifacts from four archaeological sites: Manot Cave, Amud Cave, Qafzeh Cave, and Quneitra. Did Neanderthals create them?

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APRIL 16, 2024

ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. But reaching those outside my echo chamber demands more than my archaeological expertise. I’m distinguishing archaeology from mythology. Many people buy it.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Over a networking coffee, an archaeologist who maps cilln in several Northern counties told me that in fact it had been the Tuam childrens burial ground that inspired her research in the first place. Lauren Crossland-Marr is the section contributing editor for the Society for the Anthropology of Europe. Two examples will suffice.

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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. However, Fuente del Salín offers a different perspective.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Credit: Boglárka Mészáros, BHM Aquincum Museum A team of geneticists, archaeologists, and historians from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the HistoGenes project examined the DNA of 370 individuals dating from the 2nd century BCE to the 6th century CE, spanning sites from Mongolia to Central Europe.

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MARCH 10, 2025

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. Are they places where we treat archaeological objects as inanimate things?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

2025 A new study, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 1 , examines these burial landscapes to better understand their significance. Credit: Unknown photographer. Photo ceded by MARSUL. From de Lima et al.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

A new lineage of Neanderthals Our research published in Cell Genomics in September complicates this picture, revealing that there was not one but at least two lineages of Neanderthals. Archaeological excavations at Mandrin Cave revealed the remains of both Neanderthals and modern humans. This is the challenge Thorin presents us with.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The SWP field school offers UTM students the opportunity to be trained in archaeological excavation within their campus grounds. Teaching prompted us to reassess our skills and rediscover the motivations that led us to pursue archaeology originally.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

By the 1990s, genetic research began to challenge the Multiregional hypothesis. Archaeological evidence, particularly the presence of distinct microblade stone tools, has been used to argue for a northern migration. However, genetic research presents a different picture. Related Research Fu, Q., DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1221359110

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Issued: January 29, 2024 Response deadline: February 23, 2024 Pitch responses: February 29, 2024 First drafts due: March 27, 2024 For our third issue of 2024, Anthropology News is delving into the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI) and its intricate relationship with human reality. And is humanity shaping AI?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A team of researchers from the University of Cape Town and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has reconstructed the genomes of 13 individuals who lived between 1,300 and 10,000 years ago, revealing crucial insights into human migrations and population stability in southern Africa.

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JULY 31, 2024

Recent linguistic research 1 suggests that Indigenous people entered North America in at least four distinct waves between 12,000 and 24,000 years ago. This new model aligns with archaeological, climatological, and genetic data, indicating that the populations in early North America were both dynamic and diverse. and Canada.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

While the answer remains elusive, a combination of archaeological and biological evidence provides clues, suggesting cooking may have begun as early as 2 million years ago. Archaeological Evidence: Fire Control and Cooking Sites The archaeological search for the origins of cooking hinges on evidence of fire control.

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APRIL 3, 2024

In museum archives, researchers found photos of remains from Paleolithic children who had belonged to a group of early Homo sapiens in Eurasia. Before Egbert went missing, scientists cast a copy of the child’s skull, allowing future researchers to study it. Not all fossil discoveries happen in the field. 998-27-40/14628.1.30

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

My name is Chip Colwell, a SAPIENS anthropology magazine, part of Wenner-Gren Foundation. I’m an archaeologist anthropologist who started writing in the anthropology publication about 15 years ago and had the seed idea of what would become SAPIENS and brought it to fruition. That topically we are focusing on anthropology.

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