Anthropology

Canadian Young Adult Extended Youthful Phase- Urban, Menial Jobs But City Living

Young adults want to live n cities. No surprise there, cities have more nightlife and activity. What is a surprise is the claims that young adults instead want to live in cities because of mass transit, and high-density housing. If those were so terrific, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2013 - 4:13pm

Neanderthal Burial Practices Unearthed

Neanderthals buried their dead, according to an international team of archaeologists after a 13-year study of remains discovered in southwestern France which seeks to end a long-standing controversy. They say it confirms that burials took place in western ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2013 - 7:05pm

Maybe It's Hormones, But Bonobos Stay Young Longer Than Chimps

An analysis of thyroid hormones from urine samples of zoo-living chimpanzees and bonobos has led anthropologists to conclude that hormone levels may be why chimpanzees and bonobos share similar starting conditions at birth but develop different behavioral ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2013 - 3:41pm

Nutcracker Man: Two Million Years Ago He May Have Lived On Grass Bulbs

Paranthropus boisei, nicknamed "Nutcracker Man" because of his big flat molar teeth and powerful jaws,lived in East Africa between 2.4 million-1.4 million years ago. A new paper postulates that he survived mainly on a diet of tiger nuts- edible ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2014 - 11:23am

Feel Thinner: Humans Eat Half The Calories Of Most Other Mammals

You may think you eat too much but humans (and other primates) actually burn 50% fewer calories each day than other mammals, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Our remarkably slow metabolisms explain why humans an ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2014 - 2:30am

Restrictive Concealed Weapons Laws Linked To Increase In Gun-Related Murders

When tragedies happen, politicians aim to yell on the floors of Congress about how tragedies must be stopped.  And gun tragedies should be entirely preventable, claim gun ban proponents. Just ban guns. It may make sense to assume that states in which there ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2014 - 4:56pm

Survival Of The Fittest: Dangerous Neighborhoods Produce Aggressive Kids

Children who grow up in dangerous neighborhoods exhibit more aggressive behavior, according to a new paper in Societies. Lots of U.S. studies have suggested a link between dangerous neighborhoods and aggressive behavior in kids but the authors of the new ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 22 2014 - 6:00pm

Lactose Tolerance Had Spread To Central Europe Even 1,000 Years Ago

Western humans are rare in that we drink milk after weaning.  Milk is the staple food for infants and contains the sugar lactose but most mammals lose the ability to digest lactose, and thus milk, as they get older.  The ability to digest the sugar is gov ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 24 2014 - 11:04am

Old History Is New Again: Ancient Carthaginians Did Sacrifice Their Children

It was once commonly known than ancient Carthaginians sacrificed their children. The evidence was right there, in historical documents and graves. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2014 - 7:09pm

Homophily- Why Social Media Has Made You More Polarized

Everyone claims to care about diversity, individualism and tolerance. Very few people (R.I.P. Pete Seeger) really do. Instead, they want their beliefs affirmed and they want to demonize the opposition at every turn The remoteness and anonymity of social m ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2014 - 12:40pm