Sapiens

APRIL 16, 2024

ENTERING THE FRAY I agreed to discuss archaeology with pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on the mega-popular but controversial podcast the Joe Rogan Experience. I am an archaeologist, a scientist who uses the remains of objects, structures, and other traces of human activity to reconstruct how past peoples lived.

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This Is Not a Sociology Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

For 1000 years after Galen’s death almost no original anatomical inquiries were performed, mainly because the Church was against the dissection of human bodies. They are in this is not so different from the artistic representations of the body produced by Renaissance artists and based on their own first hand assessment of human anatomy.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Keep scrolling to check out each of the following simulations: Early Humans Survival Simulation, Persian Empire Simulation, Nile River Simulation, Mohenjo Daro Simulation, Silk Road Simulation, Ancient Greece Panhellenic Games Simulation, Roman Empire Archaeological Simulation, and Knighthood Simulation!

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Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

Anthropology modules appear in programs in three programs I have taught: Archaeology and Anthropology, Human Sciences, and Music. I first trialed active learning strategies while teaching at the University of Oxford, where one of the challenges of teaching anthropology is the diverse background of the students (Bastide, 2012).

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Anthropology 365

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Anthropology is the study of humans, or as Dr. Jon Marks says: “the study of who we are and where we come from.” ” I consider it to be the study of humans and the variety of relationships humans have. However, for much of my career, I have studied non-human animals (mostly primates).

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Life and Landscapes

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

And some of these celestial movements seem to mysteriously track human reproduction. The female cycle of menstruation and the duration of human gestation seemed to take on an added, special significance, when our distant ancestors looked up to the heavens and noted their similar movements. Freaky bright. And here we go again!

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