February 2012
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“The catastrophes of existence come as the inevitable culmination of past choices...”
– Ruth Benedict describing the Faustian course of individual life (via eventhedogsareasleep)
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Book Reccomendation (and download link) →
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The 2007 “Handbook of Paleoanthropology” (by Henke, Hardt, & Tattersall) is absolutely amazing.
It’s at that perfect better-than-your-intro-textbook but not-so-narrowly-specific-as-journal-articles level (less patronizing and more specific - with a broader focus and explaining in the…
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Carpals and tarsals of mule deer, black bear and... →
cennoreth:
Existing osteological literature often lacks descriptions and illustrations of the smaller elements, such as hand and foot bones, of animals commonly found in the archaeological record. Black bear (Ursus americanus) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are both cosmopolitan species and important resources for indigenous peoples, resulting in their widespread presence in faunal...
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Archaeological News: Archaeologist Says Rockart... →
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The site of a possible Paleo-Indian solstice site recently discovered in Clarke County, Virginia gained new interest among members and guests who attended the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Archeological Society of Virginia (NVCASV) during its monthly meeting in January. Lead archaeologist…
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“In the United States both scholars and the general public have been conditioned...”
– The Association of Anthropologist’s official Statement about Race (via rocksareforclimbing)
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Archaeological News: Ancient Greek Pills Found in... →
archaeologicalnews:
In 130 BC, a ship fashioned from the wood of walnut trees, bulging with medicines and Syrian glassware, sank off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. Archaeologists found its precious load 20 years ago and now, for the first time, archaeobotanists have been able to examine and analyse pills that…
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Chimp Solves Memory Test 'Faster Than Blink of an... →
I don’t know about any of you, but I would fail this memory test.
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Archaeological News: Trash or treasure? Sifting... →
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London (CNN) — We may not immediately equate the activities of archaeologists to trash sifting. Or imagine that the glass-encased artifacts in museums might be one-time refuse. But quite often, this is exactly the case.
Studying ancient trash from around the world gives archaeologists and…
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Skull Study Shows Eye-Sockets Have Grown Larger at... →
oldowan:
Human eyeballs may have grown larger as populations migrated farther and farther from the equator, an eye-socket analysis shows
People who live farther from the equator have larger eye sockets than their tropical counterparts, a new study finds. And as people inhabited higher and higher latitudes, eye socket size grew along with the northerly or southerly extent of their migrations.
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Anonymous asked: Thanks a lot! Well I'm in this program where you go to college while you're a high school student. I'm taking Intro to Cultural Anthropology and I love it. Do you know any good general anthropology books that give a good description of all the fields? Or any good anthropology books? Thanks a lot for the coloring book, do you know any good coloring books dealing with anatomy?
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Anonymous asked: what advice would you give to a high school student interested in anthropology
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Did Zombies Roam Medieval Ireland? →
gwebarchaeology:
Two early medieval skeletons were unearthed recently in Ireland with large stones wedged into their mouths — evidence, archaeologists say, that it was feared the individuals would rise from their graves like zombies.
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“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
– Gandhi (via elegantfloors)
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“We are caged by our cultural programming. Culture is a mass hallucination, and...”
– Terence McKenna (via rahgheer)
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January 2012
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Anthropologists clarify link between Asians and... →
oldowan:
A tiny mountainous region in southern Siberia may have been the genetic source of the earliest Native Americans, according to new research by a University of Pennsylvania-led team of anthropologists.
Lying at the intersection of what is today Russia, Mongolia, China and Kazakhstan, the region known as the Altai “is a key area because it’s a place that people have been coming and going...
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The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Constructed... →
modus-ponies:
Another fantastic article from a class of mine. The hegemonic view that science is purely objective and free of cultural bias is challenged by the famous anthropologist/feminist Emily Martin, who argues that the way science describes the natural world/language science uses reinforces stereotypes of masculinity and femininity that are central to western culture.
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Archaeological News: Mexican archaeologists reveal... →
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Archaeologists in Mexico teamed up with Spain for an ambitious exhibition that showcases dozens of artefacts from an exclusive school for the children of Aztec nobility.
With over 80 priceless pieces ranging from an elaborate altar to a skull encrusted with prehispanic art, the Cultural Centre of…
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Sex, Beer & Politics: Riddles Reveal Life of... →
gwebarchaeology:
Millennia before modern-day Americans made fun of their politicians or cracked crude jokes over a cold one, people in ancient Mesopotamia were doing much the same thing.
The evidence of sex, politics and beer-drinking comes from a newly translated tablet, dating back more than 3,500 years,…
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Article: Dog Skull Dates Back 33,000 years →
An ancient dog skull, preserved in a cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia for 33,000 years, presents some of the oldest known evidence of dog domestication and, together with equally ancient dog remains from a cave in Belgium, indicates that domestication of dogs may have occurred repeatedly in different geographic locations rather than with a single domestication event.
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Article: For Perfect Teeth, Start Hunting and... →
il-ny-a-pas-dinfec:
“Why do people in industrialized countries need braces and dental work to treat overcrowded, poorly aligned teeth? They can blame their ancestors, who after hunting and gathering for millennia decided to give farming a go, according to new research.
Scientists have long theorized that the shift from a hunter-gatherer existence to agriculture—and, more specifically, the...
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“You and I, in fact everyone all over the world, we’re literally African under...”
– Spencer Wells, PhD, Genetic Anthropologist, Explorer In Residence, National Geographic Society (via wearerising)
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“I view cultural anthropology as a humanistic pursuit whose purpose is to express...”
– Ruth Behar (1956)
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