Category: Anthropology & Archaeology
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Khamis-Roche estimates agreed well with biological maturity status
This research indicates that the Khamis-Roche method may be a valid estimate of biological maturity status in average maturing Portuguese children and adolescents.
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Digital tools support preservation of Yi wedding customs
This research indicates that digital technologies can support the preservation of Yi wedding customs, improve cultural education, and strengthen cultural identity among Yi youth.
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UNITA’s founding emerged from earlier negotiations and alliances
This research indicates that UNITA’s formal founding in 1966 grew out of earlier negotiations, alliances, and political efforts rather than a single isolated event.
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Aurignacian signs formed conventional, structured sequences
This research indicates that 43,000 to 34,000-year-old Aurignacian sign sequences used by the first modern humans in Central Europe were deliberate, systematic, and conventional, with complexity comparable to the earliest protocuneiform tablets.
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Quarrying along River Mutonga expanded and affected land, water, and livelihoods
This research indicates that stone quarrying along River Mutonga was concentrated near the river and was associated with land-use change, environmental degradation, and both income benefits and safety risks.
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LF1 Neanderthal skeleton is dated more precisely to 42.6–39.8 ka cal BP
This research indicates that the La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal skeleton is more tightly dated and contextualized than before, but the new dates do not directly show intentional burial.
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Neanderthal and modern human interbreeding was sex biased
This research indicates that interbreeding between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans was predominantly male Neanderthals with female anatomically modern humans.
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Carbon black cave art dated in Font-de-Gaume
This research indicates that carbon black-based figures in the Font-de-Gaume cave were directly dated and found to be Paleolithic, with one date exception.
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Nubian cores form one end of a Levallois reduction continuum
This research indicates that Nubian Levallois cores at Tweefontein are one extreme of a continuum of preferential Levallois reduction, alongside distinct radial and opposed-platform strategies.
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Mesolithic ornamentation changed non-linearly over time
This research indicates that South Scandinavian Mesolithic portable art showed a Middle Mesolithic peak in visual complexity and a gradual rise in information content over time.
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