Facebook: Anthropological Fieldwork in Cyberia
You may not know whether your new love is perfect, but Facebook does. A recent study of the social media giant’s user data reveals that in the first three months of a budding relationship,...
You may not know whether your new love is perfect, but Facebook does. A recent study of the social media giant’s user data reveals that in the first three months of a budding relationship,...
“Since the beginning of time, nomadic people have roamed the earth. Looking for food, feeding their cattle. Looking for an existence, freedom. Living in the wild, mountains, deserts, on tundra and ice. With only...
Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa, on the Norfolk Coast in the East of England. The footprints are more than 800,000 years old and were found on the shores...
While in Shanghai to film a commercial, Nichol turns his handy 5DMarkII upon his friend and longtime producer John Benet, and what results is a remarkable work, one that tells two stories with equal aplomb—an...
Legions of athletes, sports gurus, and scientists have tried to figure out why Kenyans dominate long-distance running. In this short, we stumble across a surprising, and sort of terrifying, explanation. – Cut and Run,...
This is true: A scientific colleague tells me about a recent trip to the New Guinea Highlands, where she visited a stone age culture hardly contacted by Western civilization. They were ignorant of wristwatches,...
Evolution Survey Reveals Divide Over Scientific View A Pew Survey of Americans’ views on evolution reveals that fewer believe that humans have evolved over time. The number of Republicans who said they believe in evolution...
________________________________________ From: Anthropology Club on behalf of Lauren Ritterbush Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 11:39 AM To: anthclub-l@listserv.ksu.edu Subject: reconstructing Proto-Indo-European language Read about and listen to a reconstruction of what the Proto-Indo-European language...
BBC, 18 December 2013 Mystery early human revealed by DNA data Mystery early human revealed by DNA data The genome sequence came from a toe bone found in Denisova Cave, Siberia Continue reading the...
At 400,000 Years, Oldest Human DNA Yet Found Raises New Mysteries Javier Trueba, Madrid Scientific Films An artist’s interpretation of the hominins that lived near the Sima de los Huesos cave in Spain. By CARL...