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Recent progress in studies of the last million years of human physical and behavioural evolution Avancées récentes dans l’étude du dernier million d'années d’évolution physique et éthologique de l'espèce humaine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article presents a synthesis of recent developments in the study of human evolution over the past five years. It begins with an overview of hominin species nomenclature and diversity, followed by an examination of the proposed population bottleneck ∼900,000 years ago.
James Cole, Eleanor M.L. Scerri, Mateja Hajdinjak, Chris Stringer   +3 more
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Kinship Trouble: What, When, Where, Why, and How-and So What? [PDF]

Camb Archaeol J
Cveček S, Raghavan M, Bickle P.
europepmc   +1 more source

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
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Seasonal and multi-functional use of industrial space at Iron Age Tel Shiqmona, Israel. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ogloblin Ramirez I, Shalvi G, Pinsky S, Jacobson M, Zuckerman-Cooper R, Gilboa A, Friesem DE.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The emergence and complexification of symbolic practices in the Homo lineage: an archaeological and cognitive perspective Émergence et complexification des pratiques symboliques dans la lignée Homo : une approche archéologique et cognitive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Recent archaeological discoveries, reviewed in this essay, challenge traditional views on the emergence of human symbolic cognition. Once believed to have originated in Europe around 40,000 years ago, new evidence shows it emerged much earlier across diverse regions.
Francesco d'Errico, Ivan Colagè, Larissa M. Straffon, Andrea Bender   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Archaeomagnetic dating as a tool to overcome the Hallstatt plateau: A combined chronological approach at the salt production site of Piscina Torta (Rome, Italy). [PDF]

PLoS One
Alessandri L, Di Chiara A, Bonilla-Alba R, Cusimano L, Della Sala GA, Fiorillo A, Gianni V, Rossi C, Sotgia A, Florindo F.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘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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Natufian sickle blades (ca. 15,000-11,700 cal. BP) reveal cereal cultivation ca. 4.5 millennia before domestication. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Groman-Yaroslavski I, Krugman T, Belfer-Cohen A, Yeshurun R, Grosman L, Kaufman D, Barshay K, Piliponsky M, Vardi J, Abadi I, Weinstein-Evron M.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Working in field archaeology and the Institute of Field Archaeologists

assemblage vol 1, 1996Calls for the IFA to take the lead in establishing minimum conditions of service and wages for the archaeological profession, particularly at the junior level. There is an `Author's postscript, 26.ix.96' (20) citing documents reflecting changes in the IFA's position in this area, published after the main body of the article had ...
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When sharing becomes shameful: atmospheres of class formation in Namibia Quand le partage devient honteux : ambiances de formation de classes en Namibie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source