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The Firekeepers of the Ice Age: Unearthing the Gravettian Flame

Anthropology.net

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. Sitting around a fire would have been a time for storytelling, teaching, and reinforcing group identity.

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Human Bio-Cultural Evolution

Anthropology for Beginners

As the anthropological definition of culture especially by scholars like E.B. Those boundaries are crucial to group identity, and they may be cast in terms of what is considered appropriate self-adornment, or how to communicate properly – that is to say, the “boundary work” of culture.