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The mirage of a “paradox” of dehumanization: How to affirm the reality of dehumanization
Abstract This paper argues that the so‐called ‘paradox’ of dehumanization is a mirage arising from misplaced abstraction. The alleged ‘paradox’ is taken as a challenge that arises from a skeptical stance. After reviewing the history of that skeptical stance, it is reconstructed as an argument with two premises.
Maria Kronfeldner
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The Changing Understanding of North American Archaeology and Native American Heritage [PDF]
This article explores the evolving ways in which anthropologists, archaeologists, and the United States government have viewed Native American cultural heritage, especially in terms of burials and grave goods.
Bourgault, Ashley
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Paleoanthropology of the Upper Palaeolithic population of Laos (on materials of site Tam Hang)
Tam Hang was opened in 1934 by Jacques Fromaget who worked at the Geological survey of Indochina. 17 skulls were discovered by Fromage, but the Museum has only 10 whole skulls. Six skulls and postcranial skeletons belonged to six individuals.
Vasilyev S.V., Borutskaya S.B.
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Temporal lobe evolution in Hominidae and the origin of human lobe proportions
Depiction of modern human middle cranial fossae (a)and temporal lobe of the brain (b) and changes in the temporal lobe proportions of the Hominidae and Hominini (c‐p) Abstract Objectives Evolutionary changes in hominin social complexity have been associated with increases in absolute brain size.
Alannah Pearson, P. David Polly
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The significance of late anthropological collections [PDF]
Late medieval anthropological materials are rarely subjected to scientific research. The authors of this work attempt to demonsrate the importance of such investigations. Despite a rather large number of writen sources, late anthropological materials can
Makarova, Ekaterina M.
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Anthropological study of Sami from the Kola Peninsula (Russia) [PDF]
A study of the Sami burials on the territory of the Kolsky Bay was launched in 1976. All the material dates back to the 19th – the beginning of the 20th century. Collected skulls of 74 males and 51 females were compiled.
Borutskaya, Svetlana, Vasilyev, Sergey
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Abstract Aim The continental island system comprising Sakhalin, Hokkaido and the southern Kuril Islands (SHSK) in northeastern Asia serves as one of the southernmost habitats for many boreal and arctic organisms, with colonization via land bridges formed during glacial periods.
Gohta Kinoshita +10 more
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Males resemble females. re-evaluating sexual dimorphism in protoceratops andrewsi (neoceratopsia, protoceratopsidae) [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Protoceratops andrewsi (Neoceratopsia, Protoceratopsidae) is a well-known dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Some previous workers hypothesized sexual dimorphism in the cranial shape of this taxon, using qualitative and ...
Farke, Andrew A. +3 more
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Background: The article presents the results of a comprehensive study of the impact of industrial pollution on narrow-headed vole (Stenocranius gregalis Pall., 1779) in steppe ecosystems of Pavlodar Pre-Irtysh.
Zarina Mukhtarovna Sergazinova +2 more
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Craniological Features of Kostroma Townspeople in 13th—14th Centuries
A craniological study of a group of the 13-14th-century Kostroma city dwellers is presented in the article. The intra-group analysis has revealed that the series of skulls of the townspeople is characterized by considerable heterogeneity: there are ...
Komarov Sergey G. , Vasilyev Sergey V.
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