Anthropology posts
- June 19, 2013
- 10:36 AM
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Kids of Same-Sex Couples Are Just as Happy As Those In Traditional Families
by Simone Munao in United Academics
They live with two mums or two dads, and they are on the same level as their school friends regarding self-esteem, emotional behavior and time spent with their parents. But they seem to have the edge over the average regarding overall health and familiar cohesion. Kids that grow with homosexual couples grow up as good as in traditional families, and even better in some aspects. This seems to be confirmed by a study conducted by a group of researchers of the University of Melbourne on 500 minors ........ Read more »
Crouch SR, Waters E, McNair R, Power J, & Davis E. (2012) ACHESS--The Australian study of child health in same-sex families: background research, design and methodology. BMC public health, 646. PMID: 22888859
- June 17, 2013
- 03:05 AM
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The diversity of the Other
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
Diversity is today widely seen as a social good and is actively promoted in ‘diversity policies’ such as those of Australia, the EU or the UK. Additionally, many institutions have their own policies devoted to managing diversity. These usually extol … Continue reading →... Read more »
Anthias, F. (2013) Moving beyond the Janus face of integratio and diversity discourses: towards an intersectional framing. The Sociological Review, 61(2), 323-343. DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12001
- June 14, 2013
- 09:32 AM
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Not Dead Yet: Medieval Versus Modern Leprosy
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
The study of the DNA of vira is becoming increasingly popular to understand how it affected people in the past, how the disease evolved, and whether its modern equivalents are similar. Genomic studies of different variations of the plague have been in the news over the past few years. A recent study of the Justinian … Continue reading »... Read more »
Schuenemann, V., Singh, P., Mendum, T., Krause-Kyora, B., Jager, G., Bos, K., Herbig, A., Economou, C., Benjak, A., Busso, P.... (2013) Genome-Wide Comparison of Medieval and Modern Mycobacterium leprae. Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.1238286
- June 12, 2013
- 11:10 AM
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KALI-MA! Ritual Human Heart Extraction
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
If you’ve watched through the ‘Indiana Jones’ series, you probably have a very distinctive memory of the ‘Kali-Ma’ scene from the ‘Temple of Doom’. After unsuccessfully escaping a gang of Shanghai thugs, Indiana, Willie and Short-Round find themselves stranded in Mayapore, a village in Northern India. Exploring the village’s palace, they find underground tunnels that reveal … Continue reading »... Read more »
Tiesler, V., & Cucina, A. (2006) Procedures in Human Heart Extraction and Ritual Meaning: A Taphonomic Assessment of Anthropogenic Marks in Classic Maya Skeletons. Latin American Antiquity, 17(4), 493. DOI: 10.2307/25063069
- June 9, 2013
- 01:32 AM
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The touching things about dogs
by Cobb & Hecht in Do You Believe In Dog?
Hi Julie,(source: The Blue Dog)WOW! May was a seriously jam-packed month for dogs! I'm just as amazed as you are that it's already June. I think I'm in denial, although June means lots of fun things happening, like the SPARCS conference, so maybe it's actually OK that it's here.I loved your last post. So much great information - thank you for sharing! You mentioned how you avoid touching dogs if they don't want to interact and that got me thinking about a sense I haven't written about yet. ........ Read more »
McGreevy Paul D., Righetti Joanne, & Thomson Peter C. (2005) The reinforcing value of physical contact and the effect on canine heart rate of grooming in different anatomical areas. Anthrozoos: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People , 18(3), 236-244. DOI: 10.2752/089279305785594045
Coppola Crista L., Grandin Temple, & Enns R. Mark. (2006) Human interaction and cortisol: Can human contact reduce stress for shelter dogs?. Physiology , 87(3), 537-541. DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.12.001
Hennessy Michael B., Voith Victoria L., Hawke Jesse L., Young Travis L., Centrone Jason, McDowell Angela L., Linden Fran, & Davenport Gary M. (2002) Effects of a program of human interaction and alterations in diet composition on activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in dogs housed in a public animal shelter. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 221(1), 65-91. DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.65
Bergamasco Luciana, Osella Maria Cristina, Savarino Paolo, Larosa Giuseppe, Ozella Laura, Manassero Monica, Badino Paola, Odore Rosangela, Barbero Raffaella, & Re Giovanni. (2010) Heart rate variability and saliva cortisol assessment in shelter dog: Human–animal interaction effects. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 125(1-2), 56-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.03.002
O'Haire Marguerite. (2010) Companion animals and human health: Benefits, challenges, and the road ahead. Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research, 5(5), 226-234. DOI: 10.1016/j.jveb.2010.02.002
- June 7, 2013
- 09:01 AM
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Early Human Diet Went Grassy
by Andrew Porterfield in United Academics
Modern apes eat mostly fruits and leaves in heavily wooded forests. Until recently, scientists believed that early human ancestors shared this diet. But a series of studies from the University of Utah found that our ancestors expanded their culinary tastes to grasses and grains, as much as 3.5 million years ago.... Read more »
Cerling TE, Manthi FK, Mbua EN, Leakey LN, Leakey MG, Leakey RE, Brown FH, Grine FE, Hart JA, Kaleme P.... (2013) Stable isotope-based diet reconstructions of Turkana Basin hominins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 23733966
Wynn JG, Sponheimer M, Kimbel WH, Alemseged Z, Reed K, Bedaso ZK, & Wilson JN. (2013) Diet of Australopithecus afarensis from the Pliocene Hadar Formation, Ethiopia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 23733965
Sponheimer M, Alemseged Z, Cerling TE, Grine FE, Kimbel WH, Leakey MG, Lee-Thorp JA, Manthi FK, Reed KE, Wood BA.... (2013) Isotopic evidence of early hominin diets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID: 23733964
- June 6, 2013
- 08:04 AM
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Bede, Burials, and Bamburgh: Testing Anglo-Saxon Migration
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
The traditional story of the settlement of England by the Anglo-Saxons is based on the writing of the Venerable Bede from 731 CE. He wrote: “These new-comers were from the three most formidable races of Germany, the Saxons, Angles, and Jutes… these heathen conquerors devastated the surrounding cities and countryside, extended the conflagration from the … Continue reading »... Read more »
Groves SE, Roberts CA, Lucy S, Pearson G, Gröcke DR, Nowell G, Macpherson CG, & Young G. (2013) Mobility histories of 7th-9th century AD people buried at early medieval Bamburgh, Northumberland, England. American journal of physical anthropology. PMID: 23737109
- June 4, 2013
- 10:22 PM
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Agriculture and Property
by Diapadion in Lord of the Apes
One of the big questions in the study of ancient human history is, How did agriculture become the main technique humans use to produce food? For thousands if not millions of years, humans gathered food and hunted game to survive; some populations still live this way, as do our surviving ape cousins. To the neophyte, farming might seem like an obvious improvement over hunting and gathering (hereafter, foraging), but it turns out this isn't true. Getting started with agriculture is costly and ........ Read more »
Bowles, S., & Choi, J. (2013) Coevolution of farming and private property during the early Holocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(22), 8830-8835. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212149110
- June 4, 2013
- 10:45 AM
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LAWDI and Mortuary Archaeology
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
Over the past four days, I was fotunate to be a part of the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (#LAWDI). The purpose was to discuss, share and explore linked data and open access as applied to Ancient World and Classical material. The attendees selected included a range of faculty and students from around the world, … Continue reading »... Read more »
Roberts, C., & Mays, S. (2011) Study and restudy of curated skeletal collections in bioarchaeology: A perspective on the UK and the implications for future curation of human remains. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 21(5), 626-630. DOI: 10.1002/oa.1175
- May 28, 2013
- 10:17 AM
- 80 views
Everyone Underestimates Fast-Food Calories (But Especially at Subway)
by Elizabeth Preston in Inkfish
At a McDonald's shareholder meeting last week, a nine-year-old girl accused CEO Don Thompson of sneaky advertising. Stop "tricking kids into eating your food," she demanded, saying that McDonald's ads tell kids to "keep bugging their parents" until they get that Happy Meal. In the world of fast-food chains, though, the golden arches may not be the sneakiest purveyor of excess calories. Diners in all kinds of fast-food restaurants underestimate the calories they're taking in—and the most dra........ Read more »
Block, J., Condon, S., Kleinman, K., Mullen, J., Linakis, S., Rifas-Shiman, S., & Gillman, M. (2013) Consumers' estimation of calorie content at fast food restaurants: cross sectional observational study. BMJ, 346(may23 3). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2907
- May 28, 2013
- 09:14 AM
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Examining the Richard III Evidence
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
Richard III is a highly controversial figure from English history, and this legacy continues today. Shakespeare wrote of him as a villain, exaggerating his scoliosis and writing his malicious dialogue.“And thus I clothe my naked villainy. With odd old ends stol’n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.” (Richard III, … Continue reading »... Read more »
Richard Buckley, Mathew Morris, Jo Appleby, Turi King, Deirdre O’Sullivan, & Lin Foxhall. (2013) ‘The king in the car park’: new light on the death and burial of Richard III in the Grey Friars church, Leicester, in 1485. Antiquity, 519-538. info:/
- May 27, 2013
- 10:04 AM
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Educational outcomes of migrant children
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
A recent study of the educational pathways of the children of Brazilian migrants in Japan offers a most welcome addition to the literature on the educational outcomes of migrant children, which has to date focussed mostly on migrant children in … Continue reading →... Read more »
Takenoshita, H., Y. Chitose, et al. (2013) Segmented Assimilation, Transnationalism, and Educational Attainment of Brazilian Migrant Children in Japan. International Migration. DOI: http://dx.org/10.1111/imig.12057
- May 23, 2013
- 01:00 PM
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Microbial Misadventures: Exploits in Botulism & Pruno In Our Prison Population
by Rebecca Kreston in BODY HORRORS
Drinking pruno is a risky endeavor, both in terms of its offense to culinary sensibilities and to one's health. However, turned stomachs are not the only hazard here; you may add a desire to avoid botulism to your list of reasons to shy away from you'r mates latest batch of prison hooch. The soil-dwelling bacterium Clostridium botulinum can contaminate fruits and veggies, and, in warm, oxygen-deprived conditions, produces the neuroparalytic toxin botulinum. Even more wholesome DIY ende........ Read more »
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2013) Notes from the field: botulism from drinking prison-made illicit alcohol - Arizona, 2012. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 62(5), 88. PMID: 23388552
- May 21, 2013
- 04:24 PM
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Banal nationalism and the internationalization of higher education
by Ingrid Piller in Language on the Move
The other day I was stuck in traffic in Ajman, one of the smaller of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one that has to do without Abu Dhabi’s and Dubai’s global glitz. Imagine … Continue reading →... Read more »
Altbach, P., & Knight, J. (2007) The Internationalization of Higher Education: Motivations and Realities. Journal of Studies in International Education, 11(3-4), 290-305. DOI: 10.1177/1028315307303542
Wilkins, S., Balakrishnan, M., & Huisman, J. (2011) Student Choice in Higher Education: Motivations for Choosing to Study at an International Branch Campus. Journal of Studies in International Education, 16(5), 413-433. DOI: 10.1177/1028315311429002
- May 21, 2013
- 11:42 AM
- 70 views
Even People Without Synesthesia Find Colors in Music
by Elizabeth Preston in Inkfish
It’s time to stop scoffing at the synesthetes: linking music to colors is totally normal. It’s not really about the notes, though. Researchers say the colors we find in music are actually the colors of the emotions the music makes us feel.
Synesthetes are people whose sensory experiences overlap; they most often link letters or numbers to certain colors. Music-color synesthesia, in which hearing music triggers the colors, is rarer. In fact, when Stephen Palmer and Karen Schloss at the........ Read more »
Palmer, S., Schloss, K., Xu, Z., & Prado-Leon, L. (2013) Music-color associations are mediated by emotion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212562110
- May 20, 2013
- 08:06 AM
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Die württembergische Landesaufnahme - Vaterlandsliebe als Wurzel der Landschaftsarchäologie
by Rainer Schreg in Archaeologik
Zwischen 1821 und 1851 wurde im Königreich Württemberg die topographische Landesvermessung durchgeführt. Sie war noch vor der Annahme der württembergischen Verfassung angeordnet worden und sollte einer gerechten Besteuerung in dem 1806 erheblich erweiterten und zum Königreich erhobenen Württemberg dienen. Das Produkt war neben dem steuerrelevanten Primärkataster auch der topographische Atlas des Königreichs Württemberg, der die Messtischblätter 1:50000 umfasste. Eduard Paulus der........ Read more »
Kreienbrink, F. (2007) Mapping the Past: Eduard Paulus the Elder (1803–1878) and the Archaeological Survey of Württemberg. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 17(2). DOI: 10.5334/bha.17202
- May 16, 2013
- 12:51 PM
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Conversion to Christianity in Viking Age Scandinavia
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
Examining religion is a tricky thing to do, especially in societies that are over a thousand years gone and have lost large amounts of their archaeological record. First, it can be difficult to tell what religion someone is based solely on their burial and body. There are many indicators of religion like the church one … Continue reading »... Read more »
Lund, J. (2013) Fragments of a conversion: handling bodies and objects in pagan and Christian Scandinavia 800–1100 . World Archaeology, 45(1), 46-63. DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2012.759511
- May 15, 2013
- 06:49 PM
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Six Arguments For the Elimination of Cigarettes
by Dirk Hanson in Addiction Inbox
Prohibition and the “tobacco control endgame.”
Despite all our efforts in recent years to reduce the percentage of Americans who smoke cigarettes—currently about one in five—the idea of full-blown cigarette prohibition has not gained much traction. That may be changing, as prominent nicotine researchers and public police officials start thinking about what is widely referred to as the “tobacco control endgame.”
Considering the new regulatory powers given the FDA under the terms ........ Read more »
Proctor R. N. (2013) Why ban the sale of cigarettes? The case for abolition. Tobacco Control, 22(Supplement 1). DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050811
- May 15, 2013
- 05:59 PM
- 96 views
DNA analysis unearths origins of Minoans, the first major European civilization
by Perikis Livas in Tracing Knowledge
DNA analysis is unearthing the origins of the Minoans, who some 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization in present-day Crete. The findings suggest they arose from an ancestral Neolithic population that had arrived in the region about 4,000 years earlier.... Read more »
Stephanie Seiler. (2013) DNA analysis unearths origins of Minoans, the first major European civilization. The University of Washington. info:/
- May 14, 2013
- 07:30 AM
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Learning About Life From Death in Akhenaten’s Egypt
by Katy Meyers in Bones Don't Lie
The city of Amarna was a 17 year period of change and drama in Egypt’s ancient history. It was established as the capital city of Egypt in 1353 BC during the late 18th dynasty by Pharaoh Akhenaten. He founded the city on virgin land in order to be ”seat of the First Occasion, which he had made … Continue reading »... Read more »
Barry Kemp, Anna Stevens, Gretchen R. Dabbs, Melissa Zabecki, & Jerome C. Rose. (2013) Life, death and beyond in Akhenaten’s Egypt: excavating the South Tombs Cemetery at Amarna. Antiquity, 64-78. info:/
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