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The Firekeepers of the Ice Age: Unearthing the Gravettian Flame

Anthropology.net

The Ancient Hearths of Fuente del Salín Fire has long been a cornerstone of human existence, providing warmth, protection, and a means to cook food. The Fire That Binds Beyond its practical applications, fire likely played a critical role in fostering social cohesion among Gravettian groups.

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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. But human evolution also works in the epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic inheritance systems.