Remove Archaeology Remove Humanities Remove Psychology
article thumbnail

When Did Humans Start Talking? Genomic Evidence Pushes Language Back to 135,000 Years Ago

Anthropology.net

Few traits define humanity as clearly as language. Yet, despite its central role in human evolution, determining when and how language first emerged remains a challenge. Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new genomic study, published in Frontiers in Psychology 1 , approaches the problem differently. But we don’t.

article thumbnail

Children as Artists: A New Perspective on Upper Paleolithic Cave Art

Anthropology.net

By integrating insights from developmental psychology, researchers have identified playful and imaginative marks made by young artists, fundamentally rethinking prehistoric creativity. The article is titled, “Children as playful artists: Integrating developmental psychology to identify children’s art in the Upper Palaeolithic.

educators

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Many dedicated, brilliant, and diverse trailblazers have illuminated our path and brought their findings to the forefront of humanity. Parker wasn’t satisfied with what she considered “women’s work,” so Harrington taught her archaeological methods in the field.

article thumbnail

Human Bio-Cultural Evolution

Anthropology for Beginners

Tylor includes everything from tools and artifacts to the abstract conceptualization of after-life, there are ample evidences which suggest that human evolution is as much as a social and cultural phenomenon as it is biological. Contents style='mso-element:field-begin'> TOC o "1-3" h z u Bio-Cultural Process of evolution.

article thumbnail

Dismantling the “Man the Hunter” Myth

Sapiens

Two biological anthropologists analyze archaeological and physiological evidence to debunk enduring assumptions about the gendered division of labor in ancient times. But this is a just-so story without sufficient evidentiary support, despite its pervasiveness in disciplines like evolutionary psychology.

article thumbnail

As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

ED Surge

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.