Anthropology

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Humanity
9,000 years ago, a community with modern urban problems | EurekAlert! Science News
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some 9,000 years ago, residents of one of the world's first large farming communities were also among the first humans to experience …
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Books
The Search for What Makes Us Human: The Killer Ape Account of the Mid-20th Century
lareviewofbooks.org - By Melinda Baldwin
SPEND SOME TIME thinking about human nature and you’ll inevitably end up grappling with contradictory evidence for what makes us tick. On the one …
Humanity
Meta Design
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PSA – I am going to start publishing regularly behind Substack members’ paywall. I hope that you find this useful and would be interested in …
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Pearl Harbor
Remains of U.S. Sailor Who Died at Pearl Harbor Identified After 77 Years
TIME - Associated Press
(BOSTON) — The remains of a sailor from Massachusetts lost during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor have been accounted for. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Thursday that Navy Seaman
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Africa
Words to describe distress differ across the world. What we found in Kenya
theconversation.com - Emily Mendenhall
Clinical medicine defines psychiatric diagnoses according to internationally negotiated categories and symptoms. These classifications have produced …
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Ethiopia
State projects leave tens of thousands of lives in the balance in Ethiopia – study
The Guardian - Tom Gardner
Giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations mean people in lower Omo valley face starvation and conflict, says US thinktank A giant dam and irrigated sugar plantations are “wreaking havoc” in southern Ethiopia
Atheism
Of course atheists do not feel life is meaningless – they’re designed that way
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C S Lewis advised that a young atheist cannot guard their faith too carefully. Dr Jonathan Lanman (Athiests do not feel that life is devoid of any …
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Meat
Between Body and Meat: A Review of Nomi Stone’s Kill Class
lareviewofbooks.org - By Claire Oleson
Set among the mock Middle Eastern villages of Pineland, a fictional country in North Carolina built by the US military for pre-deployment exercises, …
Nokia
Monday Musings (6/10/19)
substack.com - davidperell.substack.com
Workshop: I’ll be hosting a workshop in New York City on July 1st. In it, I’ll share my process for creating as consistently as I do. The workshop …
Nan Sheppardadded this to Nan's Anthropology
San Pedro Sula
How does someone consent...
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Last year, after I’d done some stories on the migrant caravan that came through Mexico City in November, I felt some kinda way when a guy that I’d …
Viruses
Study to ascertain Nipah source in limbo
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has been on its toes ever since the return of the deadly Nipah virus which claimed 18 lives in the state …
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Humanity
University subject profile: anthropology
The Guardian - Guardian Staff
The study of the human species — its culture, social relations, systems of knowledge and history. May cover language, physiology, art, ritual and belief Anthropology explores how, when and where human
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Humanity
Museum of Anthropology exhibit of puppets from around the world
globalnews.ca
A new exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology details the role that puppetry traditions play in handing down cultural knowledge, stories, and values …
The Guardian
Teaching
University Guide 2020: league table for anthropology
The Guardian
The study of the human species, its culture, social relations, systems of knowledge and history – may cover language, physiology, art, ritual and belief
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Greek Food
5 Things to do this weekend: Friday, June 7, 2019
globalnews.ca - By Jon Azpiri
Here are five things to do around the province this weekend. 1 — Surrey Greek Food Festival June 7 to 16 Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, …
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News
Discoveries could be 'missing link' to understanding Native American ancestry
CNN - By Emily Dixon, CNN
(CNN) — Two 31,000-year-old milk teeth have led to the discovery of an ancient group of people who once lived in northern Siberia -- and, along with a 10,000-year-old skull, could offer a better understanding
Linaadded this to Anthropology, Archeology & History
Siberia
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Story of Human Migration Between Siberia and North America
smithsonianmag.com - Brian Handwerk
There is plenty of evidence to suggest that humans migrated to the North American continent via Beringia, a land mass that once bridged the sea …
Steven Tedrahnadded this to Native American Issues
Siberia
Closest-known ancestor of today’s Native Americans found in Siberia
sciencemag.org - Michael Price
Indigenous Americans, who include Alaska Natives, Canadian First Nations, and Native Americans, descend from humans who crossed an ancient land …
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Siberia
The lineages of the first humans to reach northeastern Siberia and the Americas
nature.com - Anne C. Stone
Humans reached the Americas from northeastern Siberia during the last ice age. Genomic analyses of ancient and modern individuals reveal the history …
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Siberia
DNA taken from 31,000-year-old human teeth reveals a new ethnic group that was living in 'extreme' conditions in Siberia
dailymail.co.uk - Joe Pinkstone
DNA taken from 31,000-year-old human teeth has led to the discovery of a new ethnic group that was living in 'extreme' conditions in Siberia during …
Siberia
Two Papers Shed Light on How Ancient People Spread Through the American Arctic
discovermagazine.com - Nathaniel Scharping
Who were the First Americans? It’s a question that for decades has divided researchers, who have proposed competing theories as to how humans moved …
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Environment
DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new Ice Age population of big game hunters
independent.co.uk - Phoebe Weston
A new Ice Age population of big game hunters that lived in the depths of Siberia has been discovered using DNA taken from 31,000-year-old human milk …
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World News
Who Were the Ancestors of Native Americans? A Lost People in Siberia, Scientists Say
The New York Times - By CARL ZIMMER
A skeleton in Siberia nearly 10,000 years old has yielded DNA that reveals a striking kinship to living Native Americans, scientists reported on Wednesday. The finding, published in the journal Nature,
Humanity
Humans May Have Been Crafting Stone Tools for 2.6 Million Years
smithsonianmag.com - Meilan Solly
Members of the Homo genus have been making stone tools for at least 2.6 million years, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy …
California
California Goes After Valuation of Non-cash Donations
nonprofitquarterly.org - Kristen Munnelly
California Goes After Valuation of Non-cash Donations - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly charity scams, fundraiser problems, high cost of …
Puerto Rico
Congress passes disaster relief package: Too little, too late for Puerto Rico?
spreaker.com - Radio Sputnik
The House of Representatives yesterday finally approved a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill after protests from three Republican House members …
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Archaeology
Archaeologists Are Too Colonial, Says Anthropologist
realclearscience.com - Science 2.0
In a recent paper, Lehigh University anthropologist Professor Allison Mickel says archaeological excavations are often led by foreigners from the …
Linaadded this to Anthropology, Archeology & History
Humanity
Curiosity — Baby Talk Is Similar All Over the World
curiosity.com
There are vast differences in early child-rearing environments across cultures. For example, the popular French documentary “Babies,” which documents …
Natural History
Natural History Research Experiences | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
si.edu - naturalhistory.si.edu
A summer research internship for undergraduates funded by the National Science Foundation (REU Site, EAR-1062692, OCE-1560088) Natural History …
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Science
The Electronic Paternity Test and Other Follies
scientificamerican.com - Nara B. Milanich
In the first decades of the 20th century, scientists around the world proposed a fantastic array of new methods to determine a child’s biological …