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Other Anthropology Schools: Translating Disciplinary Treasures for “Undisciplined” Minds

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The courses covered many domains—design, medicine, the environment—but most featured an anthropological flair, and most of the organizers had an anthropology background. I titled my course—one of the four core courses—“Tears of the Earth: An Anthropological Thinking Experiment.”

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Peasant and Peasantry in Anthropology

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i] History of the usage: The word “peasant” appears in English in late medieval and early modern times, when it was used to refer to the rural poor, rural residents, serfs, agricultural laborers, and the “common” or “simple” people. The category “peasant” was thus only meaningful in relation to a larger society that included non-peasants.

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Society - A preliminary idea

Anthropology for Beginners

Approaches: Society has been the central theoretical object of much European anthropology, especially *British social anthropology, so that any history of the theoretical use of the term swiftly becomes a history of anthropological theory.

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Home-Carrying—A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making

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An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair within anthropology. Even now, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History alone has amassed the remains of more than 33,000 individuals.

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The Evolution of Cooking: A Defining Moment in Human History

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Richard Wrangham, a retired professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, noted 2 that starch grains can be detected in teeth dating back at least 50,000 years. The largest drop in the size of the chewing teeth in the history of human evolution occurred around 1.8 Homo erectus : The First Cook?

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Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens Separate Species?

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A recent study led by researchers from London’s Natural History Museum and the KU Leuven Institute of Philosophy reignites the debate over whether Homo sapiens and Neanderthals ( Homo neanderthalensis ) should be classified as separate species. Journal : Evolutionary Anthropology , 2022. What Defines a Species?

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Ancient Iberian Slate Plaques: Early Genealogical Records?

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Deciphering the Plaques: A History of Theories Since the 1800s, scholars have speculated about the meaning of these artifacts, numbering around 1,626 recovered to date. Related Studies These articles expand on themes of material culture, identity, and the anthropological interpretations of Iberian engraved plaques.