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Dog Domestication: A Tale of Alaskan Canids and Human Companionship

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However, the journey to this unique bond between humans and canines was far from straightforward. A new study 1 suggests that in prehistoric Alaska, humans repeatedly domesticated and lived alongside not just dogs but also wolves, wolf-dog hybrids, and even coyotes. Sablin, M.

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Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Separate Species?

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Neanderthals and Homo sapiens are both humans, but they differ in many ways. This research challenges prevailing assumptions about speciation, offering a more nuanced framework for interpreting the evolutionary history of modern humans and their closest relatives. Journal : Evolutionary Anthropology , 2022. ” Dr. .

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The Taung Child at 100: Decolonizing the Origins of Paleoanthropology

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The scientific establishment, still enthralled by the Eurocentric idea that human origins were tied to Asia or Europe, was unwilling to accept an African cradle for humanity. The collection of articles, written by a diverse group of African and international scholars, urges us to rethink the legacy of this discovery.

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Ancient Iberian Slate Plaques: Early Genealogical Records?

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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. eyes, noses) weakens this claim.

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Consumer Anthropology and AI: Teaching Business School Students

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In preparation for a class based my 2022 article in Teaching Anthropology, Toward a Pedagogy for Consumer Anthropology: Method, Theory, Marketing , I provided ChatGPT with the following prompt: Use the research findings below to create 12 marketing ideas for Duncan Hines cake mix. Human Organization. 69 (3): 252-262.

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Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

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The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic. This suggests that children may have recognized and elaborated upon the figurative potential of their own creations, blending play and representation in a uniquely human way.

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An Ethnography of Textile Preservation: Caring for the Wardrobe of a Missing Person

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The human urge to collect and preserve objects, what Jacques Derrida calls archive fever , takeson special significance when there is no body to bury, no grave to visit. The social life of these clothes had a shift, akin to the widely discussed binary shift from commodity to gift within anthropological discourse.

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