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Tracing Human Diversity in South America's Southern Cone: Linguistic, Morphometric, and Genetic Perspectives. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives Studying the relationship between biological and cultural diversity can lead to rich insights into human history. South America has been relatively neglected in this kind of work, even though it intriguingly exhibits unexpectedly high biological and cultural diversity.
Menéndez LP, Urban M.
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Paleogenomic insights into cooperation in the ancient Andes from positive selection on oxytocin pathway genes [PDF]
Genes Brain BehavThe oxytocin system is an important modulator of social behavior that may be involved in the evolution of human cooperation, and expression of the CD38 and OXTR genes in the brain is known to affect oxytocin secretion and binding. The Andean highlands provide an excellent opportunity to evaluate the role of oxytocin in the evolution of cooperation ...
Joseph S +8 more
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International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 381-388, May/June 2023., 2023 Abstract In this introduction to the special issue, Adaptive Tools for Resilient Bones: Biostatistical Approaches to Past Physical Activity in Osteoarchaeology, we discuss the outcome of the workshop held in Leiden (the Netherlands; November 18–19, 2021). We review statistical approaches to entheseal changes and present a series of new contributions to
Sarah A. Schrader, Jared Carballo Pérez
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American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 176, Issue 1, Page 21-35, September 2021., 2021 Abstract Objectives Stable isotope analysis can provide crucial insight into the function and development of early state‐level societies on the north coast of Peru. Materials and Methods Multi‐tissue (bone collagen, tooth enamel, hair, nail, skin, and tendon) stable isotope analyses (carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and strontium) were conducted for 13 ...
Corrie Hyland +2 more
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American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Volume 174, Issue 1, Page 35-48, January 2021., 2021 In Paleoindian individual 15‐06, a highly projecting muscle attachment site is correlated with high thumb opposition efficiency. Abstract Objectives Cuncaicha, a rockshelter site in the southern Peruvian Andes, has yielded archaeological evidence for human occupation at high elevation (4,480 masl) during the Terminal Pleistocene (12,500–11,200 cal BP),
Fotios Alexandros Karakostis +5 more
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From Rural to Urban: Archaeological Research in the Periphery of Huari, Ayacucho Valley, Peru
Journal of Anthropology, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017 For hundreds upon hundreds of years, humans lived in small settlements where most individuals, if not all, were linked by kinship ties. Many of these villages were occupied for generations and thus their occupants had a strong connection to the place.
Lidio M. Valdez +2 more
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 230-242, September 2024.Abstract How is alienability produced as a mode of relation? Is capital a (racialized) affect? This article examines clashing expectations about minerals, specifically sodalite, at the Cerro Sapo mine in Ayopaya Bolivia. It describes how Cerro Sapo's current owner, a white Kenyan, engaged in narrative and bodily practices that sought to detach him from
Mareike Winchell
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Chapter 4. Locating field systems in the southern Peruvian Andes
Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 40-52, July 2024.Abstract In this paper, we review current understandings of anthropogenic field systems, focusing on trends and variations in the chronology of field construction, use, and in some cases, abandonment, as well as labor organization of agrarian production across the Lake Titicaca Basin.
BrieAnna S. Langlie +3 more
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Art, technology and the Internet of Living Things. [PDF]
AI Soc, 2023 Sørensen V, Lansing JS.
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Why did doctrinal religions first appear in the Northern Subtropical Zone? [PDF]
Evol Hum Sci, 2023 Dunbar RIM.
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