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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

Continuity or change in the transition to Islam? A diachronic assessment of agricultural production at Old Dongola, Northern Sudan (14th-18th centuries CE). [PDF]

PLoS One
Nasreldein M, Riehl S, Obłuski A.
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

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

‘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
wiley   +1 more source

Virtuality VS Reality: Testing a virtual approach for the exploratory analysis of Bronze Age urns from Northern Italy. [PDF]

PLoS One
Scalise LM, Morigi MP, Cavazzuti C, Brancaccio R, Crema ER, Seracini M, Benazzi S, Pomeroy E.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

Multiproxy bioarchaeological analyses reveal subsistence shift in Bronze Age Central Europe. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Depaermentier MLC, Makarowicz P, Szczepanek A, Snoeck C, Morvan M, Belka Z, Kempf M, Pospieszny Ł, Taras H, Chyleński M, Górski J, Goslar T, Grygiel R, Jarosz P, Juras A, Lasota-Kuś A, Matoga A, Nowak M, Przybyła MM, Tunia K, Włodarczak P, Wilczyński J, Wójcik I, Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė G.   +23 more
europepmc   +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

Homo Memorabiliaxis: Souvenirs and the Evolution of Autobiographical Memory and Self. [PDF]

Evol Anthropol
Barkai R, Assaf E, Efrati B, Simon T, Mudrik L, Ram Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source