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Death in the Andamans
85-year oldindigenous womandies
Oldest member offew remainingpeople in the GreatAndamanese group
Last speaker of theBo language
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Dunbars Number
The size of humanneocortex limits usto 150 friends
maximum Professor RobinDunbar is nowstudying if his ruleapplies to socialnetworking: staytuned
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Domestication ofthe turkey
Analysis of turkeybones and
coprolites Two areas of
domestication
Mesoamerica
Southwestern US
Contemporaryturkeys descended
from Mesoamericanstrain via Europeand back toAmerica
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Sexless marriage in Japan
Survey of 2500Japanese married
people
Question: howoften did they havesex with spouse in
last year?
One-fifth said:never
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Anthro of pets
In US, pets are $45billion dollar/yearbusiness
Between 2/3-3/4 ofall households haveat least one pet
Cultural
anthropologistshave neglected thestudy of pets!
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Bonobos sharing
Study of bonobosin the DemocraticRepublic of Congo
Finds consistentpattern of sharingfood which isatypical for
nonhuman primates Researchers
wonder why theyshare?
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Yanomami blood rights
Long legal battlewith the Penn StateUniversity
Blood samplescollected byAmericanresearchers in the1960s are beingreturned to theYanomami
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Who let the dogs in?
Changing theoriesof location ofearliest
domestication ofdogs
Russia/EasternEurope? No
China? No Middle East: Yes, at
least for now
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A takeover mostbrutal
Forensic study of258 adult male Incaskeletons from a
burial Skeletal injuries
show excess ofviolence
Spanish weaponsincluded guns, steellances, and
hammers
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Maasai update Growing poverty in rural
areas and loss of
herding livelihood Increasing migration of
Maasai males to Dar esSalaam, Tanzania
Many find work assecurity guards
People have faith in
Maasai because wework diligently, we donthave greed for wealth,and we dont steal.
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Meet your match
In the past threeyears, 17 percent ofUS marriages basedon meeting online
Only 8 percent in abar or club
Still, 67 percent resultfrom meeting throughfriends, family, workor school
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Get in touch with your innerNeanderthal
Genetic datafindings indicatethat Neanderthalsand modern humanshad sex andproduced offspring
1-4 percent of non-
Africans probabyhave someNeanderthalgenomic material
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Oil spilldisasters
Comparative study of
social effects Exxon Valdez 1989,
others
Loss of homes,
livelihoods, income,communities
Spill workers facehealth risks due todirect exposure
Gulf spill effects: staytuned
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New findings at Stonehenge
Large feasting siterevealed
Long-distance
pilgrimage site:remains of youngboy found.
He was wearing an
amber necklaceand came from theMediterraneanregion
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Beer that was good for you
Ancient Nubia,between 350-550 CE
Intentional brewingof beer thatincluded theantibiotictetracycline
Evidence found inskeletal remains
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How guys should dance
Experimental studyused male avatarfigures dancing invideos
Female viewers ratedthe dancers
Finding: if male
dancer wants to beattractive to females,avoid flinging armsand legs about
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Dumps as new sites for foragers
Warao Indians of Venezuela
Traditional foraging lands providefruits, vegetables, ish
Longer canoe trips to urban dump asextension of traditional foraging
Warao who live in urban area are
destitute and survive on cast off foodleftovers and partially filled sodabottles
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Warao scenes
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Baseball rituals
San FranciscoGiants firstbaseman, AubreyHuff
Habitually wears ared thong under hisuniform
Its baseball magic:
response touncertainty and needfor sense of controland stability
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Maggie Awards 2010
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Mostnoted
nonhuman
primatespecies:bonobos
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Most notedearly human
ancestorspecies:
Neanderthals
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Most notedprehistoric
site:Stonehenge
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Most noted
culturalgroup:
Nacirema
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Most noted country: Haiti
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Most quoted culturalanthropologist: Paul Farmer
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