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Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Quaternary (2024) Fossils in a Mousterian Context The Findings at Prado Vargas Cave In the Mousterian Level 4 of Prado Vargas Cave, researchers uncovered 15 marine fossils, including species such as Tylostoma , Granocardium productum , and Pholadomya gigantea. Marine fossils from the Prado Vargas Cave in Spain. Navazo Ruiz et al.,
Anthropology.net
JANUARY 16, 2025
By sequencing DNA from 50 individuals interred over centuries, researchers discovered 1 a striking social structure: women, not men, were at the heart of these communities. What we’ve found, however, suggests a sophisticated society where maternal ancestry shaped group identity.” Cambridge University Press.
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Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Willman / University of Coimbra) The research, published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 1 , was conducted by John Willman, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. An example of enamel wear on the side of Ice Age teeth from Dolní Vestonice, Czech Republic (Image credit: John C. Read more
Anthropology.net
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
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. Additionally, the researchers found high concentrations of manganese oxides in the combustion features.
Anthropology for Beginners
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Archaeologists surmise that many early tools were also made of wood and bone, but these do not survive in the archaeological record. They do fit well with the ways in which some researchers have long seen selection interacting with environments over the course of evolutionary time without reducing those processes to natural selection.
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