Search results for american anthropologist
Rare African Golden Cat Captured on Camera
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Yale anthropologist has captured photographic images of a rare, cougar-like cat ranging at night in an endangered Ugandan forest.
Glazed America: Anthropologist examines doughnut as symbol of consumer culture
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Few things say as much about our culture as the food we eat. A new book, Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut by Paul R. Mullins, Ph.D., an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis anthropologist, explores ...
Race Remains 'Flashpoint of Controversy' in American Sports, Cultural Anthropologist Says
May 03, 2007 |
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A new study about bias in NBA refereeing -- and the angry reaction of the league commissioner -- makes clear that race remains a flashpoint of controversy in American sports, says a Duke University cultural anthropologist ...
Early human walking is studied
Feb 16, 2006 |
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Arizona State University scientists studying fossilized anklebones have concluded our early ancestors walked with a rather unsteady gait.
No sign ethnic group genes cause diabetes
Apr 17, 2007 |
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U.S. and Australian scientists have dispelled a 40-year-old "thrifty genotype theory" that certain minority groups are genetically prone to diabetes.
New Easter Island theory presented
Dec 06, 2005 |
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A University of Hawaii anthropologist and colleagues are blaming rats and Dutch traders for the mysterious abandonment of Easter Island.
Colonial heritage metaphors used in US military conflicts
Jul 25, 2008 |
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The historical reference to "Indian Country" presents a complex metaphor. For many Native Americans it signifies home, family, and territory; however, for others the term can refer to colonialism and Native American land ...
Kennewick Man was deliberately buried
Feb 25, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists studying the 9,200-year-old Kennewick Man say the man was deliberately buried -- not just covered over with sediment.
How should we interpret spiritual experiences?
May 09, 2008 |
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Religious practices and religions involving spiritual experiences are growing in popularity around the globe. Academics too are turning their study to the practices of these religions. The interest is in understanding shamanism, ...
New fossil reveals primates lingered in Texas
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 40 million years ago, primates preferred Texas to northern climates that were significantly cooling, according to new fossil evidence discovered by Chris Kirk, physical anthropologist at The University ...
Low vitamin D levels may be common in otherwise healthy children
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Many otherwise healthy children and adolescents have low vitamin D levels, which may put them at risk for bone diseases such as rickets. African American children, children above age nine and with low dietary vitamin D intake ...
Ancient yucca chaws yield ancient DNA
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 31, 2007 |
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In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts. The work potentially opens up a new universe of sources for ancient genetic material, which ...
Mixed population provides insights into human genetic makeup
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Feb 14, 2009 |
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Genetic diseases and genetically mixed populations can help researchers understand human diversity and human origins according to a Penn State physical anthropologist.
Report: Humans evolved to be peaceful
Feb 19, 2006 |
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Humans evolved to be peaceful, cooperative and social animals, not the predators modern mythology would have us believe, says an U.S. anthropologist.
Ancient observatory found in Peru
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 17, 2006 |
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The oldest astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere has reportedly been discovered a few miles north of Lima, Peru.
