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• Evolution: Education and Outreach - New Edition Online

  
  Evolving Complexity — Authority: 424
  The newest edition of Evolution: Education and Outreach is now online:EditorialMick WycoffPDF (53.8 KB)HTML Articles:How Can English Tell the Story?Douglas Reed EldredgePDF (70.4 KB)HTMLBecoming Modern Homo sapiensIan TattersallPDF (109.3 KB)HTMLThe Evolution of MoralityDouglas AllchinPDF (202.8 KB)HTMLThe Argument ...
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• Understanding the British Textile Recycling Industry

  
  Loomnie — Authority: 127
  Abstract of the paper I presented at the American Anthropology Association conference : Items of used clothing that are dropped off in a road-side used-clothing bank carry in them certain aspirations of the person who used to wear them. From the point of view of the British government, textile is one area in which ...
  9 hours ago

• Ancient, Modern Man Bad At Shopping [Anthropologie]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 810
  Its apparently all in the genes. Cue "Manohlos" joke right about now. Or better yet, dont: Dig it: Daniel Kruger , a researcher at the University of Michigan School of Public Health , has found that theres an evolutionary basis for the discrepancy between the sexes skill at shopping. Explains ScienceDaily, ...
  10 hours ago

• Panel Criticizes Military’s Use of Embedded Anthropologists

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  A two-year-old Pentagon program that assigns social scientists to work with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan has come under sharp criticism.
  12 hours ago

• Anthropologists Slam Using Social Scientists in Mideast Wars

  
  ScienceInsider — Authority: 676
  by Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Since 2007, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has deployed teams of anthropologists and other social scientists in Iraq and Afghanistan. The goal is to make better military decisions based on an improved cultural understanding of those...
  13 hours ago

• The Do Lectures, the Atwa speak truth to power

  
  SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore — Authority: 537
  Gregor made a powerful presentation at the Do Lectures his topic the  threat to the Amazon rain forest . Harnessing the collective intelligence of the tribe, he showcases The Atwa, who embrace the state, pens and paper, GPS mapping technology, YouTube, Facebook, the internet and mobile communication technologies. ...
  14 hours ago

• Altruism by Nature

  
  Daniel Lubetzky — Authority: 128
  According to this provocative study, children from the very beginning are predisposed to help others – we are wired to be KIND to others. 
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• Living This Way

  
  Page 3.14 — Authority: 464
  When it comes to human nature, everyones an expert—so lets argue about it, shall we? On Cognitive Daily, Dave Munger reviews an investigation into the truly fairer sex which suggests that "men are more tolerant of their friends failings than women." Not convinced? Then counter your intuition on The Frontal Cortex, ...
  17 hours ago

• Dunham Launch Today

  
  Duke University Press Log — Authority: 119
  Everyone at the Press is excited for the big launch of S. Ann Dunhams Surviving against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia today. Dunham, the mother of President Obama, submitted her dissertation on metal workers in Java in 1992 and died before she she could get it published. Now, fourteen years after her ...
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• Margaret Mead leaves Samoa to sell brains and stomach to hungry Americans

  
  siphoning off a few thoughts — Authority: 119
  During World War II, much of America’s domestic meat was being shipped overseas to feed soldiers and allies. As a result, there was a growing concern that a lengthy war would leave the United States protein-starved. The potential solution to this problem lay in what were then called organ meats: hearts, kidneys, ...
  23 hours ago

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  Mathilda's Anthropology Blog. — Authority: 108
  An Odontometric Investigation of Canary Islander Origins 2004 Joel D. Irish* and Brian E. Hemphill** *Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775.*Department of Sociology & Anthropology, California State University, Bakersfield, CA 93311 ABSTRACT Attempts by anthropologists to ...
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• Bad Teeth Tormented Ancient Egyptians

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 617
  A review of more than 3,000 mummy analyses reveal ancient Egyptians suffered from abscesses and cavities.
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• A wikispace for Webnographers: Resources for Virtual Ethnography

  
  Insights Qualitativos 2.0 — Authority: 135
  Cyberanthropology is but a fetal field, far from defined. This website was developed in the interest of providing a central hub for those interested in ethnography of the internet. Created by and for webnographers, its success in contingent on your participation.click above to enlarge image  Ethnography is not ...
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• Amy H. Sturgis on The Intersection of Fantasy & Native America

  
  Talking with Tim — Authority: 124
  Intersection of Fantasy & Native America Amy H. Sturgis was one of the first folks I interviewed at this blog. So I was happy to get to interview her again, this time due to the release of The Intersection of Fantasy & Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko (Edited by Amy H. ...
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• Official Jews and Levantian Jews

  
  Covenant Zone — Authority: 582
  I attended the forum last night sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, and the Temple Sholom: Responding to Antisemitism: Are we too thin-skinned? There may have been 2-300 people there - I didnt attempt a count - most of whom were Jews and I would guess members of the ...
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• A New Essay

  
  monkey's uncle — Authority: 105
  Most of my essays of late are written here for monkey’s uncle . This week, an essay that I wrote for a series on the future of Anthropology was published in Anthropology News , the newsletter of the American Anthropological Association .  So, rather than write it again, I will simply link to it !
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• Brian Byrnes Describes CNN’s ‘Backstory’ on Argentina’s Forensic Anthropology Team

  
  The Argentine Post — Authority: 421
  By Brian Byrnes.There have been many, many stories told about Argentina’s horrific 1976-1983 “Dirty War,” when the military ruled the country with an iron fist, squashing any dissident voices. At...
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• SoftBank Mobile – Not Your Typical Telco Operator

  
  SMLXL - Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore — Authority: 537
  As a result of a recent conversation with Alan he kindly invited me, in an evil ‘dare ya’ challenge sorta way, to submit this post focused on what I had casually called a unique operator approach by SoftBank Mobile here in Japan. Thinking now about how I could structure that, in a somewhat logical and concise way, ...
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• Full Cold Moon

  
  Red Thread Studio — Authority: 110
  Turn that TV off now baby Im so low I dont even sing Tell me something about my country Tell me one good thing King and Malcolm, lamb and lion Setting Alabama free Thirty thousand angels flying From Montgomery Put that paper down now, baby Im so low I dont even sing Tell me something about my country Tell me one good ...
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• Theorizing with Anthropological Theories

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  Theorizing with Anthropological Theories           I had a better understanding of what Anthropological theories and theorizing is when put on the level of everyday life. What is theorizing but asking questions? This is something we do every day.           It was said that when we were younger, we ...
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