Category: Anthropology & Archaeology
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American architects found major opportunities in 1970s Iran
This research indicates that American architects were drawn to Iran in the 1970s by large urban development projects, but many projects faced planning, negotiation, and local implementation problems.
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Fresh bone methylation estimated age more reliably than treated samples
This research indicates that DNA methylation-based age estimation from fresh bone is generally possible, but reliability drops under forensically relevant conditions.
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Zambia Shaolin Cultural Center as a flexible China-Africa assemblage
This research indicates that the Zambia Shaolin Cultural Center is better understood as an evolving assemblage shaped by diverse actors, adaptation, and negotiation rather than as a simple example of state-driven soft power.
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Mosque design in Phoenix is shaped by local context
This research indicates that mosque development in Greater Phoenix is shaped by demographic, economic, social, and civic relationships, including interfaith solidarity, city officials, and architect advocacy.
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Daasanach tool users favored mass and edge length
This research indicates that stone cutting tool selection and cutting efficiency were influenced by edge angle, mass, and grip in a traditional Kenyan setting.
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Grotto acoustics align with listeners’ auditory perception
This research indicates that six representative grottoes in the Xiang Tang Shan Grottoes show structured acoustic differences that correspond stably with subjective auditory experience.
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Third molar agenesis differs strongly between South African population groups
This research indicates that third molar agenesis was much more common in White South Africans than in Black South Africans, and that missing third molars can reduce the reliability of dental age estimation.
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Pan-Africa exhibition ran at the Art Institute of Chicago
This research indicates that Project a Black Planet: Art and Culture of Panafrica was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago from December 15, 2024 to March 30, 2025.
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Wolwekraal sites show repeated Later Stone Age visits
This research indicates that newly discovered open-air sites along the Dorps River in the arid Karoo show multiple visits to a favoured habitat during the late Holocene Later Stone Age.
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Drimolen postcranial fossils support mixed hominin attribution
This research indicates that the Drimolen postcranial fossils belong mostly to Paranthropus robustus, with some specimens possibly linked to Homo aff. erectus, and that the hominins were small-bodied and adapted to terrestrial bipedality.
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