Anthropology

Feminists Believe Heterosexual Marriage Is Oppressive, Says Sociologist- And Surveys Prove It

Women are more likely than men to initiate divorces, but not to end non-marital relationships, according to Michael Rosenfeld, an associate professor of sociology at Stanford University. Rosenfeld's analysis relies on survey data from the 2009-2015 w ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2015 - 9:53am

The Superhero Craze May Be Over

Since the 1980s, flagship comic-book superhero movie franchises – from DC’s Superman to Marvel’s Iron Man – have seen some major movie studio investments and, more often than not, blockbuster returns. But significant changes in the superhero mythos in our ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 5 2015 - 7:45am

Early Human Diets Explain Modern Eating Habits

Much attention is being given to what people ate in the distant past as a guide to what we should eat today. Advocates of the claimed paleo diet recommend that we should avoid carbohydrates and load our plates with red meat and fat. Its critics, on the ot ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 31 2015 - 12:00pm

Thanks For The Wake: Catered Funerals Began In The Mid-east

By Joel Shurkin, Inside Science- Once upon a time, there lived a people we call the Natufians. They were among the first to quit their nomadic ways and settle on land where they grew crops, lived in complex settlements, put up stone buildings, domesticate ...

Article - Joel Shurkin - Sep 3 2015 - 7:58am

Ancient Maya Ruined Their Environment- And They're Still Being Blamed Today

Evidence from the tropical lowlands of Central America reveals how Maya activity more than 2,000 years ago not only contributed to the decline of their environment but continues to influence today's environmental conditions, according to researchers ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 7 2015 - 9:00am

Why Americans Are Obsessed With Pumpkin Spice Everything

It was a humid, sticky 32°C when I made a quick trip to the grocery store in shorts and a tank top earlier this week. Despite the heat, however, the store clearly wanted me to think it was the fall season – and for us Americans, that means pumpkin spice. ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 12 2015 - 11:00am

If Stories Are Science, Then Aborigines Remember Australia's Coastline From 7,000 Years Ago

Patrick Nunn, a professor of geography at University of the Sunshine Coast, and collaborator Nick Reid, a University of New England linguist, believe aborigines in Australia have records of Australia's coastline going back 7,000 years- obviously unhea ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2015 - 8:59am

Jesuits As Science Missionaries

A Catholic, a Jesuit and a scientist walk into a bar. What do they have to talk about? And just how do those conversations go? This scenario is no joking matter. Conflict as well as collaboration have characterized the historical relations between these t ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 27 2015 - 8:25am

Men More Likely To Be Viewed As Creative Thinkers, Finds Survey

People tend to associate the ability to think creatively with stereotypical masculine qualities, according to a paper in Psychological Science, which suggests that the work and achievements of men tend to be evaluated as more creative than similar work an ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2015 - 9:01am

Ancestry Can Be Determined By Fingerprints

A proof-of-concept study finds that it is possible to identify an individual's ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics- a discovery with significant applications for law enforcement and anthropological research. "Thi ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 8:30am