La folie de l’arc-en-ciel ou la longue errance de Bwila by Claudie Haxaire

“…It is unfortunate that, like Evans-Pritchard ([1931] 1972), many anthropologists who work on misfortune and illness, and all the more on rituals, did not seek further details of the material or symbolic properties of plants used by healers while following their interlocutors.…”
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On the human nature (following in the steps of Belyaev) by A. L. Markel

“…The review details the views and theoretical concepts of geneticists, sociologists, social psychologists, anthropologists, behaviorists and ethologists in explaining the phenomenon of human evolution. …”
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Anthropology and the City. Street Art in Medellín’s Comuna 13: A City-Making Practice and an Ethnographic Tool by Claudio Riga

“…Urban anthropologists are shifting from traditional approaches that treated the city merely as the “object” or “context” of research, focusing instead on the city as a dynamic process, shaped and reshaped by city-making practices implemented by its inhabitants. …”
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Forensic Dermatology Expert Analytical Report: A New Frontier of Forensic Medicine by Philip R. Cohen, Lerah Sutton

“…The forensic medicine experts include anthropologists, ballistic analysts, entomologists, odontologists, and osteologists. …”
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Słowo - obraz - pamięć w labiryntach komiksu by Grażyna Gajewska

“…Moreover, comic books became a subject of interests for academics beyond those who were professionally involved in documenting and understanding popular culture, i.e. for methodologists of history, modern culture anthropologists, researchers in literature and art historians. …”
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“If somebody wants an abortion, nobody should override their decision”: Modern Canadian perspectives on abortion in relation to artificial womb technology by Srishti Hukku, Lisa L. Wynn, Angel M. Foster

“…Recent advancements in artificial womb technology (AWT) – extrauterine gestation – have led to significant bioethical debates on the future of access to abortion. Anthropologists have leveraged concepts of stratified reproduction and reproductive governance to shed light on how different individuals are encouraged/discouraged to reproduce and how key actors such as the state mobilize the capacity for reproduction. …”
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Stature estimation and sex determination from contemporary Northeastern Thai clavicles using discriminant function and linear regression analyses by Chanasorn Poodendaen, Poonikha Namwongsakool, Sitthichai Iamsaard, Nareelak Tangsrisakda, Rarinthron Samrid, Chadaporn Chaimontri, Worrawit Boonthai, Suthat Duangchit

“…Background: Reliable methods for stature estimation and sex determination are still needed for anthropologists to identify other skeletal remains for applying in forensic cases when the skull or pelvis disappears or is severely damaged. …”
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