Why Deaths of Despair Are Increasing in the US and Not Other Industrial Nations-Insights From Neuroscience and Anthropology.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4209
Abstract: The US National Academy of Sciences reports rising mortality for US adults, most steeply for White adults with a secondary education or less. The rise is largely attributable to deaths of despair (suicide and poisoning… read more here.
Keywords: despair; industrial nations; deaths despair; despair increasing ... See more keywords
In memoriam: Derek F. Roberts (1925–2016)
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23027
Abstract: Derek Frank Bruce Roberts was born in London, UK on 20 July 1925. He served in the Lincolnshire Regiment of the British Army from 1943 to 1946 during WW II, and after this army service,… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; research; genetics; derek ... See more keywords
In Memoriam: Geoffrey Ainsworth Harrison (1927–2017)
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23085
Abstract: With the death of Geoffrey Ainsworth Harrison on September 14, 2017, Human Biology lost the last of a distinguished group of international scholars who innovated a new scientific approach to the study of human variation… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; variation; geoffrey ainsworth; human biology ... See more keywords
Want climate‐change adaptation? Evolutionary theory can help
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23539
Abstract: The idea of adaptation, in which an organism or population becomes better suited to its environment, is used in a variety of disciplines. Originating in evolutionary biology, adaptation has been a central theme in biological… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; biology; climate change; change adaptation ... See more keywords
Let's talk teaching: Progressive pedagogy in anthropology courses
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23706
Abstract: In this article, we discuss research from the science of teaching and learning and from progressive pedagogy, with the aim of discussing how these fields can help us all become better teachers. read more here.
Keywords: let talk; progressive pedagogy; teaching progressive; anthropology ... See more keywords
The utility of dried blood spot measurement of bone turnover markers in biological anthropology
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23816
Abstract: Bone is a dynamic organ under continual turnover influenced by life history stage, energy dynamics, diet, climate, and disease. Bone turnover data have enormous potential in biological anthropology for testing evolutionary and biocultural hypotheses, yet… read more here.
Keywords: bone; biological anthropology; bone turnover; blood ... See more keywords
Bioarchaeology in the ancient Near East: Challenges and future directions for the southern Levant.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23149
Abstract: The synthesis of biological anthropology, archaeology, and social theory provides a bioarchaeological model to reconstruct nuanced aspects of demography, diet, disease, death, daily activities, and biodistance, even in the absence of discrete burials. Numerous skeletal… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; near east; east challenges; bioarchaeology ancient ... See more keywords
Nonmetric cranial trait variation and the origins of the Scythians.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23159
Abstract: OBJECTIVES Within the fields of archaeology and anthropology, there is a long history of disputes concerning the origin of the northern Black Sea Scythians. One of the main points of contention is whether the Scythian… read more here.
Keywords: northern black; anthropology; bronze age; population ... See more keywords
Participation, representation, and shared experiences of women scholars in biological anthropology.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23386
Abstract: American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) membership surveys from 1996 and 1998 revealed significant gender disparities in academic status. A 2014 follow-up survey showed that gender equality had improved, particularly with respect to the number… read more here.
Keywords: percentage women; anthropology; participation; biological anthropology ... See more keywords
Functional morphology in the pages of the AJPA.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23402
Abstract: “Functional morphology,” in its broadest sense, is simply the study of relationships between biological form and its functions. “Function” can include many different aspects of an organism’s biological adaptations, but in this context, and as… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; physical anthropology; morphology pages; pages ajpa ... See more keywords
The promise of primatology fulfilled?
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DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23620
Abstract: In 1972, Sherwood Washburn, one of the forerunners of biological anthropology, gave an invited address during the 4th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Portland, Oregon, in which he expounded his vision for the… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; washburn; field; promise primatology ... See more keywords