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

Anthropology.net

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic.

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Worldview

Anthropology for Beginners

Worldview Worldview is the set of cultural and psychological beliefs held by members of a particular culture; the term was borrowed from the German Weltanschauung. The first explicit elaboration of the concept occurred in Redfleld’s article “The Primitive World View” (1952). Mendelson 1956): 1. Natural (biology, chemistry, physics) 3.

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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Merging anthropology and journalism was attempted through the ‘70s into the aughts. Grindall and Robin Rhodes. Grindall and Robin Rhodes.

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Alan Harwood

Anthropology News

(1935-2024) On July 5, 2024 Dr. Alan Harwood, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, died at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst, Massachusetts surrounded by his children, Jessica and Seth Harwood, and his wife, Margot Welch.

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Leonard B. Glick

Anthropology News

Some might think that the height of his medical career was when he gave draftee Elvis Presley his physical and psychological examination, but for Len it was his service as an intern at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Len is best known to historians of anthropology for an article published in 1982 that began a small academic industry.

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Local author explores Kentucky’s surroundings in new book

Life and Landscapes

In each book, Van Stockum studies the surrounding area’s anthropological history and the people’s culture to better understand Kentucky’s history. In addition to the “Surrounding ” series, Van Stockum has also written several scientific articles, post-apocalyptic novels, psychological thrillers, and even romance.

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GSA 2023 Keynote Speech: STRIVING FOR MENTAL WELL-BEING IN ACADEMIA

Anthropology 365

After the shooting, I was invited to co-author an article on academic trauma for the American Journal of Human Biology. In my discipline of anthropology—a field inherently concerned with both cultural and biological diversity—there is an unsettling paradox.