Anthropology News

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Click on a subject area below to read more about a topic that interests you. News topics range from archaeology, cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, linguistics, and applied anthropology. Further links (without annotations) are available at David Carlson's well-known Anthropology In the News site at Texas A & M University.  

Archaeology


Ancient World (Egypt)

Just How Old are the Pyramids? Egyptologists Debate
Ancient Egyptian Boats Discovered

Asia

Archaeologist Caught Red-Handed

Historic Preservation

The Buddhas and the Taliban

New World

Moche Tombs

Old World

English Cannibals!
The Great Wall Gets Bigger
Man the Termite Hunter

South America

Farewell Machu Picchu?
 
Bioanthropology


Evolution

Kansas Teaches Evolution

Genetics

Malaria Slay the Romans?
Genetic Tests Support Migration Theory

Human Evolution

Nanjing Man
Millennium Ancestor

Human Genome

Public Gene Depository - On Hold

Mummies (Egypt)

DNA Tests Halted on King Tut

Primates

Baboon Bottoms
Retirement for Chimpanzees?
 
Cultural Anthropology


Cultural Survival

Makah Whale Hunters

Ethnicity

Head Hunters

Native American Issues

Study Finds Indian Gaming Does Not Help Spur Economic Development

Religion

Kumbh Mela

The Yanomamö Controversy

Yanomamö — Book States Anthropologists Caused Epidemic
 
Linguistics


Language Extinction

Technology Contributes to Global Language Loss

Sociolinguistics

Listen to Me! Men and Women Listen Differently
 
Applying Anthropology


Anthropologists Work in Increasingly Different Areas


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