paleoanthropology

Notre Dame anthropologist Kristine Joy Chua and her research team asked the question: How do expectant mothers manage uncertainties and cope with sociopolitical stressors in their lives? The answer: They used creative coping strategies grounded in their culture and upbringing to reframe difficult circumstances and maintain a positive outlook, focusing instead on the things they could control and …

In recognition of his work recording and documenting the wartime destruction of Ukrainian cultural sites, Notre Dame anthropology professor and Nanovic Faculty Fellow Ian Kuijt was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Taras Shevchenko National…

Anthropologists have discovered the first-ever Denisovan arm bone in a cave in southwest China, which also held thousands of prehistoric animal bones and stone tools.

An analysis of ancient bones found in a Chinese cave offer glimpses of how Denisovans lived more than 130,000 years ago

Notre Dame anthropologist Kristine Joy Chua and her research team asked the question: How do expectant mothers manage uncertainties and cope with sociopolitical stressors in their lives? The answer: They used creative coping strategies grounded in their culture and upbringing to reframe difficult circumstances and maintain a positive outlook, focusing instead on the things they could control and …

BackgroundDigital nudges have been widely explored in privacy, health, and sustainability domains; however, little empirical work has co-designed culturally grounded nudges that address Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), especially in Arab contexts. This gap is particularly significant given the strong influence of cultural norms and socio-economic structures in Arab societies, which sh…

IntroductionThis study investigates Italian parents' perceptions of ‘good parenting' and cultural variations. 250 mothers and 87 fathers were surveyed during the third trimester, with follow-ups at 6–12 weeks and 6 months postpartum.MethodsUsing Grounded Theory Analysis, data underwent iterative coding, forming lower and higher order codes, super-categories, and themes.ResultsThe resulting theory…

New research reveals more details about the doomed mission to find the Northwest Passage. Researchers have now identified four additional members of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition, including one sailor whose identity had been debated for more than 100 years. The work was led by anthropologists in the Faculty of Arts at the University of [...]

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 04 September 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-08715-6 Festivities at the edge of data: an interdisciplinary study of Andean festivals in wikidata

This study aims to analyze the praxis of "Yayasan Bimbingan dan Kesejahteraan Sosial" (the social guidance and welfare foundation) in managing and mobilizing social capital within the context of transformative diaconia to achieve just peacebuilding. This study employs a qualitative case study method with an interdisciplinary approach, alongside a literature review of social capital. Data were col…

The AIA joined a national coalition of more than 700 organizations representing 7 million Americans to call on Congress to reject efforts to weaken or dismantle Section 106, a set […] The post AIA Joins More Than 700 Organizations to Defend Section 106 appeared first on Archaeological Institute of America .

Growing evidence that early human relatives do not fit neatly into traditional categories is prompting a proposal to expand the genus Homo. The human family tree is becoming harder to fit into the categories scientists have used for decades. Research from Monash University argues that recent discoveries are blurring the boundaries between our ancestors and [...]

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What does it take to travel thousands of years into the past? For Rebecca Bria, PhD, an archaeologist and assistant professor of anthropology in the UT San Antonio College of Liberal and Fine Arts, it means spending months at a time more than 10,000 feet above sea level in the northern Peruvian Andes, carefully peeling […] The post Podcast: Time traveling into Peru’s ancient past through archaeol…

By Roxana Roos. What motivates researchers in choosing to work with local and indigenous communities? How do these motivations shape how much say local and indigenous people actually get in the research that affects them? What do researchers need to do to ensure that collaboration is equitable? Here, I describe two clusters of motivations. The ... Read more

This public custodial indictment examines the treatment of defenseless sentient beings in Vietnam through the dog-and-cat meat trade, stolen companion-animal trafficking, staged animal-rescue content, tourism laundering, rabies and zoonotic exposure, selective enforcement, and the wider failure of public authority to convert knowledge and governing capacity into material protection. The inquiry a…