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APRIL 15, 2025

In the long arc of human history, what makes a settlement persist? Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , the study draws on data from over 47,000 houses spanning nearly 3,000 archaeological sites and 10,000 years of human history. Assessing grand narratives of economic inequality across time.

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MARCH 27, 2025

The narrative of human technological advancement has long positioned metallurgy as a hallmark of settled agricultural societies. ​ a) Location of early metallurgical activities in Anatolia and Gre Fılla archaeological site. b) The context where the vitrified material (GRE-VRF) was found.

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APRIL 14, 2025

Long before pharaohs ruled and scribes recorded human affairs, the seeds of economic disparity had already taken hold. In a sweeping new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , an international team analyzed the size of more than 47,000 houses across 1,100 archaeological sites.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Sheep and the Rise of Human Societies For over 11,000 years, sheep have been central to human survival, providing food, milk, wool, and economic stability to societies from the Near East to the edges of Europe and beyond. But how did this partnership begin? Sheep in arid landscape, southeastern Morocco. Photo by J.

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APRIL 7, 2025

While economic aspects of these interactions are well-documented, the social and cultural dimensions remain less understood. The Dahwa cymbals not only enrich our comprehension of Bronze Age music but also illuminate the broader tapestry of human interaction and shared expression.​ Near Eastern Archaeology , 84(3), 172–181.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Archaeological discoveries in East Timor’s Laili rock shelter have unveiled evidence 1 of ancient human habitation dating back approximately 44,000 years. Excavations revealed thousands of stone artifacts and animal bones, indicating human presence approximately 44,000 years ago.

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APRIL 16, 2025

For at least 10,000 years, humans have worked the land to feed families, build communities, and form civilizations. A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers 1 one of the most detailed archaeological analyses to date of the roots of economic inequality. That long view matters.

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MAY 11, 2025

And in doing so, it also redefined what it means to diagnose disease in the archaeological record. In archaeology, the problem is compounded by time, taphonomy, and incomplete remains. Disease and the Human Condition This isn’t just a story of pathogens. It’s a story of how humans adapt, organize, and endure.

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MAY 24, 2024

Introduction: A Landmark Discovery in Qaleh Kurd Cave In a momentous archaeological breakthrough, French and Iranian researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of early human habitation in Iran's Central Plateau, pushing back the known timeline of human settlement in the region by an astonishing 300,000 years.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 27, 2024

Angela Jenks guided medical anthropology students through an analysis of direct-to-consumer artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) medical apps like Symptomate and DermAssist, teaching them to analyze this emerging technology while situating these apps in their historical, social, and economic contexts.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The research, conducted by Kenji Itao and Kunihiko Kaneko from the University of Tokyo, Copenhagen University, and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, delves into how competitive gift-giving practices contribute to the emergence of economic and social disparities within human societies.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Credit: Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (2023). 2023.1309907 The study, centered around the archaeological site of Coro Trasito in Sobrarbe, Aragon, revolutionized our understanding of livestock practices and feeding strategies in high-altitude regions during the Early Neolithic, approximately 6,500 to 7,500 years ago.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Despite its formidable environment, humans have inhabited this region since ancient times. Through intricate interactions and movements, farmers, agropastoralists, and herders have shaped the plateau's economic and cultural landscape. 1 Chen, X., Lü, H., Liu, X., & Frachetti, M.

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JULY 19, 2024

” Significance of the Discovery Textiles are rare finds in the archaeological record due to their susceptibility to decay. In ancient societies, textile color was a form of nonverbal communication, indicating an individual's social and economic status. Journal of Archaeological Science, Reports , 57 (104673), 104673.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Archaeologists in Panama have made a remarkable discovery 1 at El Caño Archaeological Park, unearthing an ancient tomb believed to be approximately 1,200 years old. Unfinished Revelations and Enigmatic Burial Customs Despite the wealth of findings, the excavation is ongoing, leaving tantalizing questions unanswered.

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MAY 11, 2024

A Landmark Discovery "This discovery is of outstanding importance, as hardly any larger Late Neolithic settlements are known in the Serbian Banat region," remarks Professor Dr. Martin Furholt, the team leader from the Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology at Kiel University.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Archaeology of Human Origins” may sound interesting, but if you wait too long to focus on your economics major, you may not get in all the requirements you need. Picking courses can make students feel like kids in a candy store — there are so many possibilities. The process is overwhelming, with thousands of classes.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Together with Guldin and philosophers such as Michel Serres and Arden Reed, I also aim to bring the wider sense of the term meteor—as various atmospheric forces and events—back into the discourse of philosophy, humanities, and beyond. The idea of allying with nature in a “more-than-human” collaboration isn’t always pure.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A groundbreaking study, published in Nature Human Behaviour 1 , offers unprecedented genetic evidence that these communities lived without clear social stratification. Spanning over 250 individuals, the study integrates genetics with archaeological and dietary evidence, shedding new light on the egalitarian nature of LBK societies.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

Nestled in the Teotihuacan Valley of Mexico, this archaeological marvel has now divulged its genetic secrets, thanks to a groundbreaking study. Phase II, from AD 100 to 350, witnessed exponential population growth, attributed to economic opportunities and, intriguingly, environmental shifts linked to the Xitle volcano eruption.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Treasure hunting often defaces or even destroys archaeological and environmental heritage. The question of which socio-economic dynamics aggravate and/or hinder treasure hunting has become one of my focal points during my field research in the Trabzon region in northeastern Turkey. a golden jewelry). unprocessed gold fragments).

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Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 11, 2024

For scholars of gender archaeology and history, the body has become a privileged site for the investigation of women’s lives in antiquity (Liston 2012; Shepherd 2012). 1999) ‘Human Skeletons from the Greek Emporium of Pithekoussai on Ischia (NA): Culture, Contact, and Biological Change in Italy after the 8th Century BC’, in R.H.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 9, 2024

Two biological anthropologists analyze archaeological and physiological evidence to debunk enduring assumptions about the gendered division of labor in ancient times. And I (co-author Sarah) study Neanderthal and early modern human health. I also excavate at their archaeological sites. We are both biological anthropologists.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Sagstetter, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Katya Xinyi Zhao Anthropology & Education Quarterly Dilemmas of vulnerability in Indian education NGOs: Neoliberal subjectivity, emotions, and class-based employment hierarchies in Delhi Rich Thornton Anthropology & Humanism Israeli democracy threatened under right-wing extremists: A native anthropologist’s (..)

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers from the China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed that silk played a significant role in sacrificial rituals conducted by the Shu State during the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1100 BCE). Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Ge, J., & Hu, Y.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 22, 2025

An archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting amid Israels ongoing war in the region. SIGNS OF LOOTING appear everywhere at archaeological sites across the West Bank. to 10 meters wide and 0.4 to 7 meters deep.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2025

Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life its easy to overlook. Published by Cambridge University Press, Public Humanities is pitched as a very large tent. Its open to all disciplines, geographies, periods, methodologies, authors, and audiences across the humanities.

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