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Sapiens
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Spain has a deep and far-reaching colonial history, particularly in Latin America. The claim that Spain’s imperialism isn’t true colonization reflects a reluctance to confront the darker aspects of the country’s history, which involved widespread exploitation, violence, and cultural erasure across continents. Unlike the U.K.,
Anthropology News
MARCH 27, 2025
Cultural artifacts, traditions, and knowledge do not simply move; they shift, adapt, and sometimes disappear in the process. Digital artifacts follow the same patterns. Some histories are prioritized, while others fade into obscurity, not because they lack value, but because they were not deemed essential at the moment of transition.
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Anthropology.net
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. The graves, filled with artifacts like ornate belt fittings and everyday items, reflected a shared culture. Gretzinger, J.,
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 27, 2025
Yet, could these stories also encode the history of humanity’s migrations and interactions? The findings not only link myths to ancient human migrations but also provide a unique interdisciplinary framework for exploring the intersection of genetics and cultural anthropology.
Anthropology for Beginners
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
archaeologists study past humans and societies primarily through their material remains – the buildings, tools, and other artifacts that constitute what is known as the material culture left over from former societies. Application of Archaeology Archaeology is the study of human past through material remains. New York: Thames and Hudson 2.
Anthropology.net
APRIL 30, 2025
Linguistic bottlenecks and demographic echoes The study builds on a long-standing hypothesis in historical linguistics and evolutionary anthropology—that migration events, especially those involving small founder populations, reduce linguistic diversity. In this case, however, the origin is likely in the north.
Anthropology.net
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
A groundbreaking study 1 of ancient human DNA from the Oakhurst rock shelter in South Africa is shedding new light on population history in one of the world’s earliest regions of modern human activity. It contained more than 40 human graves and preserved layers of human artifacts, such as stone tools, going back 12,000 years.”
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