We really ♥️ this piece from John Hawks on humans looking at the stars, especially how he picks up African #huntergatherer cosmologies on the link of the #Moon to #Menstruation 🩸

Right now I'm involved in one of the MOST important papers of my life with Hadza hunter-gatherer experts on Hadza beliefs and practice around menstruation, hunting and the moon.

The key here is no one understands Hadza #Epeme--their moon-scheduled ritual for healing and good hunting--unless they also understand menstrual beliefs and practice.

#anthropology #cosmology #blood

https://www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-our-ancestors-start-looking-up-to-the-stars

We really ♥️ this piece from John Hawks on humans looking at the stars, especially how he picks up African #huntergatherer cosmologies on the link of the #Moon to #Menstruation 🩸

Right now I'm involved in one of the MOST important papers of my life with Hadza hunter-gatherer experts on Hadza beliefs and practice around menstruation, hunting and the moon.

The key here is no one understands Hadza #Epeme--their moon-scheduled ritual for healing and good hunting--unless they also understand menstrual beliefs and practice.

#anthropology #cosmology #blood

https://www.johnhawks.net/p/when-did-our-ancestors-start-looking-up-to-the-stars

Tomorrow, 16 December, #IN2PAST is promoting the meeting ‘The Crises of the Human’, aims to explore how the idea of ‘humanity’ is being unsettled, fragmented, and displaced across multiple domains.

It will take place at Edições do Saguão (Lisbon) from 2 pm.

Please do come along!

ℹ️ https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/events/crises-human/

#Histodons #Humanity #Humanities #Authoritarianism #AI #ClimateChange #Pandemics #Biotechnology #Earth #History #Anthropology #Arts #Heritage

Neanderthalers controlled fire hundreds of thousands of years before us, new study says. So Britain was the scene of two human pyrotechnical revolutions, not just the industrial revolution…
#anthropology
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/10/man-made-fire-350000-years-earlier-than-previously-known-after-discovery-in-suffolk

Together with the Helmuth Plessner Society, we are organizing a conference on Philosophical #Anthropology in Groningen on 22-23 January 2026.

The lectures will be held in English and participation is free of charge.

Programme and sign-up: https://www.rug.nl/library/collections/special-collections/calendar/20260123-plessner-conference?lang=en

Read about Plessner's time in Groningen and our Plessner archive: https://www.rug.nl/library/gauronica/blogposts/plessner

Picture: Plessner during a class. Copyrights: the Plessner estate.

#Philosophy #Sociology #History #Histodons

New genomic evidence suggests humans reached Sahul around 60,000 years ago via two distinct routes. The findings highlight early seafaring, deep population roots, and complex migrations shaping Indigenous Australian and Papuan ancestry. #Anthropology #Archaeogenetics #Sahul #HumanOrigins https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-first-horizon-how-ancient-genomes

Original affluent society: Anthropologist's view that hunter-gatherer societies were affluent, that people had everything they needed to live well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society
#huntergatherer #anthropology #scarcity #society #history #sahlins #graeber #+

New genomic evidence suggests humans reached Sahul around 60,000 years ago via two distinct routes. The findings highlight early seafaring, deep population roots, and complex migrations shaping Indigenous Australian and Papuan ancestry. #Anthropology #Archaeogenetics #Sahul #HumanOrigins https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-first-horizon-how-ancient-genomes

Original affluent society: Anthropologist's view that hunter-gatherer societies were affluent, that people had everything they needed to live well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original_affluent_society
#huntergatherer #anthropology #scarcity #society #history #sahlins #graeber #+

RE: https://fediscience.org/@suomenantropologi/115614886106180185

Remembering Keith Hart (1943–2025) an influential figure in economic #anthropology who passed on earlier this month.

@hw wrote a nice toot about it on behalf of @suomenantropologi , which published Hart's keynote lecture in 2011. The lecture is now available in full digital #OpenAccess.

#KeithHart #economy #HumanEconomy #value
@anthropology

Radical #Anthropology in Bethnal Green tonight
👇👇👇

We're doing a fun event, the day after 🌕 (Thur Nov 6) at Love Shack, on the #Moon in human origins and #Hadza lunar #cosmology

#lunarchy #humanevolution

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mind-full-presents-human-origins-under-the-sway-of-the-moon-tickets-1878902200059?aff=oddtdtcreator

Hello everyone,

Since I'm new here, I'd like to introduce myself.

My name is Victor Hugo Kebbe, and I'm a social anthropologist. My research interests include Japanese Studies, Kinship, Migration, Okinawan Shamanism, Religion, and Identity.

I'm currently teaching at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, and I'm engaged in several projects related to Japanese Studies Japanese institutions.

Feel free to send me a message.

#introduction #anthropology

Hello everyone,

Since I'm new here, I'd like to introduce myself.

My name is Victor Hugo Kebbe, and I'm a social anthropologist. My research interests include Japanese Studies, Kinship, Migration, Okinawan Shamanism, Religion, and Identity.

I'm currently teaching at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, and I'm engaged in several projects related to Japanese Studies Japanese institutions.

Feel free to send me a message.

#introduction #anthropology

the Italian language seems to carry this freedom of emotional expression that makes the rest of western #culture look austere.

I have just begun learning Italian and I really love it.

#sociology #Italy #anthropology

Radical #Anthropology in Bethnal Green tonight
👇👇👇

We're doing a fun event, the day after 🌕 (Thur Nov 6) at Love Shack, on the #Moon in human origins and #Hadza lunar #cosmology

#lunarchy #humanevolution

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mind-full-presents-human-origins-under-the-sway-of-the-moon-tickets-1878902200059?aff=oddtdtcreator

Chris Knight and Camilla Power ask what can we learn from monkeys and apes about resistance to male dominance? Among machiavellian intelligent primates, just being bigger and stronger doesn’t always win. This is not only true with Old World Monkeys who have female kin bonds (eg vervets) but also unrelated female great apes such as bonobos and the highly sex size dimorphic gorillas. Critical features are strategies of ganging together, confusing males on fertility, and ability to say NO! What could that say about gender relations and conflict in our ancestry?

Everybody welcome #UCLAnthropology

#primates #greatapes #females #dominance #resistance #coalitions #evolution #humans #anthropology

Chris Knight and Camilla Power ask what can we learn from monkeys and apes about resistance to male dominance? Among machiavellian intelligent primates, just being bigger and stronger doesn’t always win. This is not only true with Old World Monkeys who have female kin bonds (eg vervets) but also unrelated female great apes such as bonobos and the highly sex size dimorphic gorillas. Critical features are strategies of ganging together, confusing males on fertility, and ability to say NO! What could that say about gender relations and conflict in our ancestry?

Everybody welcome #UCLAnthropology

#primates #greatapes #females #dominance #resistance #coalitions #evolution #humans #anthropology

Since many people are canceling their streaming services, I can recommend a new documentary series from NOVA PBS about the origin story of Homo sapiens. It includes several recent discoveries on the different human species, as well as the impact that climate change had on our evolution.

The first episode was aired yesterday and you can watch it for free thanks to public television 💚 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjH71hmrGGQ

#Anthropology #ClimateChange #Culture #Documentary #Evolution #Science

I have a friend who has been teaching anthropology as an adjunct lecturer. They're keen to get into UX, in the hopes of finding more stable employment.

Can anyone think of a way to get funding to pay them to work on #fediverse UX stuff? Ideally for a year or 2, but even a few months would be better than nothing.

TBH I'm not sure what form this might take. Ideas on that welcome to. Maybe a freely-licensed framework for doing UX reviews for decentralised networks?

#anthropology#UX#FediverseUX