Anthropology

Paleo-Eskimos And Neo-Eskimos Migrated From Alaska's North Slope

New genetic testing of Iñupiat people currently living in Alaska's North Slope has determined the migration patterns and ancestral pool of the people who populated the North American Arctic over the last 5,000 years and found that all mitochondrial D ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 7:47am

Money, Not Conquest, Triggered The Viking Age

When most people think of Vikings, they think of rape and pillaging and longships full of fierce warriors- history was clearly written by the Normans who conquered England. ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2015 - 9:42am

Red Lady: Religious Symbolism In A Paleolithic Tomb?

The Red Lady burial site in El Mirón cave, outside Ramales de la Victoria in Cantabria, Spain, dates back to the Upper Palaeolithic 16,000 years ago. The archaeological site was discovered in 1903 but it wasn't until 2010 that bones were discovered at ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 27 2015 - 3:58pm

'It Takes A Village To Raise A Child' Is True Now And Was In Ancient Times

"It takes a village to raise a child" is folk wisdom which means that quality communities turn out quality individuals. It may have seemed like a new idea when First Lady Hillary Clinton said it in the 1990s but ancient societies formed cooperat ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2015 - 11:33am

Lemur Females Rule- Because They Have Male Hormones?

Males rule in most of the animal world. But when it comes to conventional gender roles, lemurs-- distant primate cousins of ours-- buck the trend. Lemur girls behave more like boys, thanks to a little testosterone. ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2015 - 2:31pm

What Baboons Can Teach Us About Social Media

“Birds of a feather flock together” is a saying that exists in a number of different languages. “Gambá cheira gambá” (opossums smell other opossums) in Brazilian Portuguese is a particularly colorful example. The reason is that like-minded people like to ...

Article - The Conversation - May 13 2015 - 4:42pm

When Modern Hunter-Gatherers Choose Living Companions, Relatives Don't Make The Cut

We may think that not wanting to live around relatives is a modern trait, but our closest anthropological relatives, modern day hunter-gatherers, choose to not live among family members as much as we think. That goes for when males and females have the ch ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2015 - 12:43pm

Dogs And Humans: A 35,000 Year Partnership

A new genomic analysis of an ancient Taimyr wolf bone reveals that dogs and humans may have been a match far longer than previously believed. Earlier genome-based estimates have suggested that the ancestors of modern-day dogs diverged from wolves no more t ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2015 - 12:24pm

The Culturally Subjective Nature Of Good Acoustics

Acoustics would seem to be primarily science- make sure sound waves are not piling up on each other in strange places and that everyone can hear what they are supposed to hear-  but a new study says it is not so objective and the response of audiences and ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2015 - 6:01pm

CSI 430,000 B.C.- A Murder Mystery?

Lethal wounds identified on a human skull may indicate one of the first cases of murder in human history, according to a new paper. The archaeological site, Sima de los Huesos in northern Spain, is located deep within an underground cave system and contain ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2015 - 10:20am