An empirically-based scenario for the evolution of cultural transmission in the human lineage during the last 3.3 million years. [PDF]
Colagè I, d'Errico F.
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Minor epic: Notes toward a different “Anthropoetry”
Abstract Anthropologists have often turned to poetry as a means of accessing emotional registers of which conventional academic prose is unable to avail. In doing so, they have tacitly conflated poetry with lyric poetry, today probably the most widely practiced poetic genre, associated in particular with the expression of inner feelings and subjectival
Stuart McLean
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Social clustering of preference for female genital mutilation/cutting in south-central Ethiopia. [PDF]
Myers S +5 more
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Creative Nonfiction: The Christian Dior woman
Abstract This work of creative nonfiction emerges from ethnographic research on Arab women's testimonies of their cancer experience conducted in 2016–2018. It focuses on the account of one Lebanese woman diagnosed with breast cancer and highlights her feelings, thoughts, and perceptions from the time of the initial medical examination through to final ...
Abir Hamdar
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Environmental change and globalization dynamics in Roman Anatolia: Stabilizing an accelerating system. [PDF]
Doğan M +6 more
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Dream is an offshore flame: Notes on archaeology and belonging
Abstract Set within an archaeology lab in Dunedin, Aotearoa, this creative non‐fiction piece traces the search for dwelling through the meticulous, repetitive labor of everyday practice. The narrative finds belonging not as a static identity, but as a continuous, tactile engagement with the material world.
Orlan Yuan Syshui
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Demography of grandmothering: a case study in Agta foragers. [PDF]
Page AE +5 more
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Kimmy and Jules: Animal welfare, pets, and the violence of care
Abstract When I started a research project on stray cat care in the United Arab Emirates and moved here with my three cats soon after, I did not expect my experiences to create a moral conflict around animal welfare practices and being a pet parent. Here, I explore—through my experiences of participating in TNR (Trap, Neuter, and Return) and adopting ...
Neha Vora
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Carved in stone: Experimental criteria for identifying Paleolithic bas-relief production techniques and sculptors' expertise. [PDF]
Brochard É +5 more
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ABSTRACT Morphological and morphometric analysis of archaeological animal hairs offers a nondestructive method to explore past clothing. We examined hair from two 18th‐century burial areas (SP03 and SP04) in Mazamet, France. SP03 specimens exhibited a continuous medulla, a low medullary index (0.2 ± 0.03) and cuticular features suggesting goat or ...
C. Michel +9 more
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