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Permanent body modification is a unique and variable practice among humans, not observed in other mammals. Despite being costly and risky, i...
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Permanent body modification is a unique and variable practice among humans, not observed in other mammals. Despite being costly and risky, i...

In the literature on lip plates in Southern Ethiopia there has been a strong emphasis on their socio-cultural importance and little informat...

Across continents, material evidence of body piercing jewelry abounds in the archeological record. However, the varying procedures and proce...

Archaeological research in Mexico and Central America reveals insights into cultural practices, focusing on the history of body modification...

This talk offers an overview of the many forms of permanent genital modifications embedded in human cultures, where they occur, the reasons...

Bioarchaeological studies of Pleistocene populations, examining practices like tooth ablation, facial piercing, and cranial modification, co...

Today, permanent body modification (PBM) is very popular. Studies suggest that well over a billion living people have experienced one or mor...

Our ability to adapt our bodies to culture has ancient origins. We suggest a timeline for how the culturalization of the human body evolved,...

Permanent body modification is a unique and variable practice among humans, not observed in other mammals. Despite being costly and risky, i...

This talk presents a new account of the development of professional tattooing in Britain and America since the late 19th century. Research b...

This talk explores the 1000-year practice of "footbinding" in ethnically Han Chinese families, involving modifying young girls' feet by wrap...

Comparative Anthropogeny (CompAnth) is the study of distinctly human traits and characteristics in the context of comparisons with our close...

Comparative Anthropogeny (CompAnth) is the study of distinctly human traits and characteristics in the context of comparisons with our close...

Human language is a strong contender for the title of most often named species-specific feature in the literature. But why is that? In this...

Human ovulation lacks visible signs, unlike chimpanzees and bonobos with conspicuous genital swellings during fertility. This led to the con...

Life history theory suggests that inter-birth intervals (IBIs) depend on a trade-off between maternal investment in current and future offsp...

High-altitude adaptation stands out as one of the most notable examples of evolution within our species. Despite similar challenges of decre...

The human genome contains segments of DNA with non-human origins. This introgressed genetic material is remnants of mating events between ea...

The most complex organizations in the living world beside those of humans are the colonies of ants. Mark Moffett will argue that points of c...

Ethnology, also known as cross-cultural analysis or comparative anthropology, involves comparing features of historically documented human s...
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