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And then there was us Et puis nous sommes apparus

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In 1987, the academic conference ‘Origins and Dispersals of Modern Humans: Behavioural and Biological Perspectives’ was held in Cambridge, UK. Subsequently referred to as the ‘Human Revolution’ conference, this meeting brought together the most prominent academics working in the field of human origins, including archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists,
Emma E. Bird, Julia Galway‐Witham, Chris Stringer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of the Eastern Mediterranean in human evolution: recent results from Greece Le rôle du Bassin méditerranéen oriental dans l’évolution humaine : résultats récents en Grèce

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Eastern Mediterranean lies directly on the principal migration route for human groups dispersing across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also encompasses the Balkans, where fauna and flora, as well as hominin populations, are thought to have persisted through glacial periods.
Katerina Harvati
wiley   +1 more source

In Sheep’s Clothing?

Current Swedish Archaeology
This study investigates the potentially generative roles of animals in the cremation ritual through an in-depth study of an excavated Late Iron Age (c. 400-1050 BCE) grave-field in North Spånga, Sweden.
Fredrik Fahlander
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The Swanscombe fossil at 90: revisiting its phylogeny, taxonomy, and place in human origins Le fossile de Swanscombe, 90 ans après : retour sur sa place phylogénique, taxonomique et dans les origines de l'humanité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The year 2025 marked the ninetieth since a fossil hominin occipital bone was discovered in Swanscombe, southeast England. In subsequent years, its parietal bones were found, producing what remains the oldest partial cranium from Britain today. In the earliest analyses, it was interpreted as a descendant of the infamous fraudulent fossil Piltdown Man ...
Emma E. Bird, Chris Stringer
wiley   +1 more source

Maritime Archaeology Access and Learning Workshops

, 2009
There is a clear need to promote public knowledge, interest and engagement in issues surrounding marine archaeology and aggregates, to address this the Maritime Archaeology Access and Learning Workshops were developed and delivered to organisations and ...
Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology
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‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
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The Evolutionary History of the Extinct Baltic Sea Harp Seal Population

Ecology and Evolution
The now‐extinct harp seal population that inhabited the Baltic Sea from the Mesolithic to the Iron Age is an enigma. It occurred outside the species' contemporary Arctic range, likely deviated from typical harp seal migratory behaviour, and experienced ...
Maiken Hemme Bro‐Jørgensen, Hans Ahlgren, Aikaterini Glykou, Emily J. Ruiz‐Puerta, Lembi Lõugas, Anne Birgitte Gotfredsen, Morten Tange Olsen, Kerstin Lidén   +7 more
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City Gateway, Swaythling, Southampton (SOU1499)

, 2016
Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Patient First (Southampton) Ltd to undertake an archaeological evaluation on land proposed for development at the junction of Stoneham Way and Thomas Lewis Way, Swaythling, Southampton, Hampshire, centred on ...
Wessex Archaeology
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Mortal relationality: waria family care and the ethics of dying in Bali Relationnalité mortelle : soins familiaux des waria et éthique des mourants à Bali

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Can a good death occur for those who balance on the edges of grievability? In Bali, where death marks a transition within the cycles of reincarnation, a good death depends on the mortuary care performed by intimate others – care that may be foreclosed to those whose lives are shaped by stigma.
Sylvia Tidey
wiley   +1 more source

Vital events, vital relations: the structure of relations in an identity database Événements vitaux, liens vitaux : la structure des liens dans une base de données d'identité civile

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death.
Zehra Hashmi
wiley   +1 more source