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Abstract The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse‐riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right‐wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict‐torn Antioquia reveals how horse‐human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward ...
Gwen Burnyeat
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ABSTRACT Investigating why hominins adopted particular flake technologies during the Mid‐to‐Late Pleistocene is essential to understanding patterns of lithic innovation. This period witnessed the emergence of Levallois technologies (~350–250 ka) and later blades, each “replacing” earlier forms.
Anna Mika, Alastair Key
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Abstract I propose the concept of delomization, the process whereby a sign comes to be understood as a symbol. I term such signs delomes. With rhematization and dicentization, delomization completes the triplet that linguistic anthropologists derive from Charles Sanders Peirce's third trichotomy.
Urmila Nair
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Brain structure and function in Homo naledi. [PDF]
Cofran Z, Hurst S, Hawks J.
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Etymology and entomology: The semiotics and ethics of multispecies gene nomenclatures
Abstract This article examines controversies surrounding gene names that are perceived as humorous in the context of fruit flies but are considered rude in the clinical context of human medicine. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in insect laboratories, interviews with entomologists and geneticists, and an analysis of scientific and clinical ...
Colin M. E. Halverson
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No evidence that hominin dispersal across Eurasia was part of a wider turnover in mammal distributions. [PDF]
Sun J, de la Torre I, Bibi F.
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From community care to corporate category: Platforms' discourse on digital trans‐affirming practices
Abstract Trans‐affirming community movements have interfaced with tech platforms in recent decades, leading to innovations in pronoun‐sharing online. As (mostly US‐based) platforms created online “pronouns fields,” they released supportive statements and help pages about the feature. However, with the recent roll‐back of LGBTQ+ support, such support is
Cedar Brown
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The oldest in situ <i>Homo erectus</i> crania in eastern Asia: The Yunxian site dates to ~1.77 Ma. [PDF]
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