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Brian Fagan obituary

The Guardian - UK

Rare form of leprosy infected people in Americas before European arrival, 4,000-year-old bones suggest

Roughly 4,000-year-old bones from Chile contain genetic evidence of leprosy, suggesting that a rare form of the bacteria that causes the disease may have been circulating in the Americas and long before the Europeans arrived.

LiveScience

Review: The Wild Adventures of Women in Anthropology

Anthropology was once built around freewheeling interactions with alien peoples in far-flung lands.

Reason

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Mexico's Archaeology Institute Accuses MrBeast's Team of Unauthorized Use of Maya Ruins, Demands Compensation

Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History has filed an administrative complaint against the production company behind MrBeast, alleging unauthorized commercial use of images of protected Mayan archaeological sites.

Latin Times

MOFAD's secret ingredient? Curiosity

"I think food has always been a way of communicating," says Parvizi

Salon

Felt baubles are this years ‘it’s decoration - they’re already selling out fast at John Lewis

It might be this year's cutest Christmas trend

Ideal Home

Radical Human Centricity By Paul Hartley Re-Examines Innovation By Blending Business And Anthropology

The first part of the book critiques and reassesses the state of commercial innovation research from an anthropological perspective, using Hartley's many years of innovation research consulting and anthropological scholarship.

International Business Times

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Anthropology students present their research in poetry, plays and op-eds in this course

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

This anthropology course looks at building design from the standpoint of different species

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

Arthur Erickson's Museum of Anthropology at UBC has been given a new lease of life in Vancouver

After an extensive renovation, The Museum of Anthropology is part Shinto shrine, part cathedral, part longhouse – and a temple to learning

Wallpaper

What caused the deadly stampede in India?

Authorities in India have arrested six people following a deadly stampede in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. 121 women and children were killed at a religious event where nearly 250,000 had gathered to listen to a guru. To understand what caused this human tragedy, we talk to Sanjay Srivastava,…

France 24

Best anthropology books, from Jane Goodall to John Green

The history of humanity, what separates between humans and animals, and everything in between

Evening Standard

Indian election: Has the vote been free and fair?

Has the general election in India been free and fair? This crucial point is debated and discussed across the country and abroad as the results of the vote come in. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP party will still be the largest in parliament, it has done less well than…

France 24

As war rages in Sudan, community resistance groups sustain life

In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, Nisrin Elamin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Toronto, paints a grim picture of life in Sudan today. She says the current war, which exploded on April 15, 2023, is devastating both rural and urban communities. Elamin…

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Court Declines to Dismiss Libel Suit by Anthropologist Accused of Mishandling Human Remains from Project MOVE Bombing

The case was brought by Dr. Janet Monge against the University of Pennsylvania.

The Guardian - UK

Under the Hornbeams by Emma Tarlo review – epiphanies in the park

The anthropology professor’s account of her conversations with two men living in Regent’s Park brings insights to her own life as well as theirs

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Anthropic Projects Exponential Growth, Surpassing 0M Revenue by 2024

Anthropic, an avant-garde company, dazzles with its visionary outlook, projecting an astonishing annualized revenue rate of over 0 million by 2024. A gr...

The Hindu

‘Malabar holds significance in medieval and modern history’

Kozhikode Malabar has a special significance in history due to its cosmopolitan characteristics, said Engseng Ho, Prof. of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Univ. Trade relations & cultural exchange between Malabar & other regions visible in global literature. Noting nationalism a lie, Ho said people connected due to multiple transactions. 28…

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Forensic anthropologists work to identify human skeletal remains and uncover the stories of the unknown dead

A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur clenched between its teeth. A woman veers off her normal urban walking path and happens upon a human skull. New property owners commission a land survey that reveals a set of human remains just…

The Guardian - UK

Anthropology review – clever AI missing-person mystery

Lauren Gunderson’s smart play finds a software engineer creating a digital version of a sister who has disappeared

Evening Standard

Anthropology at Hampstead Theatre review: Twilight Zone-style AI drama is polished, pacey but at times absurd

The story unfolds like a tech-savvy version of The Lovely Bones, where the ghost is in the machine

The Conversation

Ghassan Hage is one of Australia's most significant intellectuals. He's still on a quest for a multicultural society that hopes and cares

It is 50 years – two generations – since then Immigration Minister Al Grassby launched the idea of a multicultural Australia at a Melbourne conference in 1973. Ghassan Hage, Professor in Anthropology and Social Theory at the University of Melbourne, and currently visiting scholar at the prestigious Max Planck Institute…

Tribune News Service

Controversial San Jose State prof who posed with Native American skull to resign after settlement reached

SAN JOSE — A controversial anthropology professor at San Jose State, who contended she was a victim of a “woke activist mob” for opposing the repatriation of Native American remains and posing in a photo with an ancient skull, has agreed to leave the university next year.

Newslaundry

‘Mainstream media adapted to either adulation or silence’: Francis Cody on media credibility, self-regulation

Francis Cody is an associate professor in the department of anthropology and the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto. He’s also the director of the university’s Centre for South Asian Studies. His research focuses on politics, language and media in southern India.

Reuters

Back in Mexico, 'Earth Monster' sculpture points to ancient beliefs

A massive stone sculpture carved by Olmec artists more than 2,000 years ago that evokes ancient religious beliefs has returned to Mexico after decades in the United States in a homecoming cheered by officials and scholars.

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