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Explore prehistoric art and discover how our ancient ancestors expressed themselves through art, from intricate Paleolithic art to symbolic carvings by Homo Naledi. Uncover the stories behind cave art, symbolic thought, and cultural leaps that connect us to our past.

Learn more: worldofpaleoanthropology.org/2

World of Paleoanthropology · Exploring Human Expression: The Origins of Art and Symbolism
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📢New Publication Alert!

🧬'Human #Evolutionary #Demography', ed. by Oskar Burger, Ronald Lee, and Rebecca Sear, is out today!

🔖This edited volume provides a much-needed, interdisciplinary introduction to the field and highlights cutting-edge research for interested readers and researchers in #demography, the #evolutionary #behavioural sciences, #biology, and related disciplines.

'Human Evolutionary Demography' is suitable for graduate courses in #demography, as well as upper-level undergraduates. Its range of research is sure to be of interest to academics working on demographic topics #naturalscientists working on #evolutionary processes, and disciplines which cross-cut natural and social science, such as evolutionary #psychology, human #behavioural #ecology, #culturalevolution, and #evolutionary #medicine.

🔗Access at doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0251

This research is really sweet -- showing the size and complexity of ancient #African #huntergatherer networks, before farming.

Hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo maintained social networks across vast distances thousands of years before agriculture arrived. The cultural diversity is shown in musical instruments, specialist vocabulary and genetic analyses.

#anthropology #genetics #culturalevolution

news.uzh.ch/en/articles/media/

www.news.uzh.chCultural Networks of Central African Hunter-Gatherers Have Ancient Origin

And here the weekly post about our #Garrod seminar series! I am super happy and happy to remind you Alex Mesoudi from #Exeter will give his talk '#Archaeology within a unified science of cultural evolution'
at the department of #Archaeology, #Cambridge .
Don't miss it:
🗓 Thursday, 4pm UK time
Full Abstract: arch.cam.ac.uk/events/garrod-r
Online registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvd
#CulturalEvolution

Don't forget to join us for the seminar 'Operationalising archaeological #taxonomies using cultural evolutionary approaches – and why it matters' 🌟 with Felix Riede from #Aarhus in our #Garrod Seminar Series at the department of #Archaeology, #Cambridge .
🗓 Thursday, 4pm UK time
Full Abstract: arch.cam.ac.uk/events/garrod-r
Online registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvd
#CulturalEvolution