Anthropology

Archaeology

Pre-historic site may harbor the first araucaria pine record in rock art

Cave painting at a prehistoric site in the interior of Paraná would be the first record of the species in rock art

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Anthropology

A recipe for preserving the body after death

Archaeologist determines detailed recipes for the balms and ointments used to mummify bodies in Ancient Egypt

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RETROSPECT

The roots of hunger

Josué de Castro exposed the economic, social, and biological bases of chronic malnutrition

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Environment

The ups and downs of Lake Titicaca

The rising water levels of Lake Titicaca flooded its banks and forced Indigenous peoples to migrate to higher ground

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Anthropology

How Indigenous American peoples dream

Ethnographic study shows that the Yanomami see dreams as real-world experiences

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COVER

Science with the public

People without academic experience contribute to data collection and knowledge production

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COVER

Brazilian museums propose new curatorial approaches

Advances in scientific knowledge push institutions to rethink curatorial proposals

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COVER

Ethnographic museums reframe collections

Institutions are establishing dialogues with Indigenous peoples, identifying new meanings behind their collections

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RETROSPECT

The Amazon’s Treasure

In an eighteenth-century book, a Portuguese Jesuit shows empathy for Indigenous peoples and, as a naturalist, describes rivers, plants, and animals

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NOBEL PRIZE

The 2022 winners

Twelve individuals and two institutions were awarded the Nobel Prize this year

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INTERVIEW

Marta Maria Azevedo: In defense of native peoples

Brazilian demographer and anthropologist Marta Azevedo was a pioneer in identifying the phenomenon of population recovery among Brazil's Indigenous peoples

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How do Yanomami dream?

Ethnographic studies bring to light Amerindian peoples' interpretations on oneiric activities | 4'14

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RETROSPECT

The utopian torch

The hundredth anniversary celebration for Darcy Ribeiro highlights the anthropologist's contribution to sociology and education

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COVER

Challenges of legislation

Despite strict punishments established in the Penal Code, public policies are needed to reduce sexual crime

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Paleontology

The first bipedal hominids

Considered the oldest representative of the human lineage, the species Sahelanthropus tchadensis lived around seven million years ago

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Archaeology

Ancient peoples dug up the dead

Digging up the dead and then burying them again with adornments was a common mortuary practice for ancient South American peoples

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History

Interpreters of political debate

Indigenous peoples appropriated liberal ideas circulating in the Americas and Europe in order to claim their rights

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Dating indicates that skeleton found in Piauí is 9,600 years old

Nicknamed Zuzu, the individual was a contemporary of the oldest human groups in South America

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HISTORY

Possible origin of the Black Death

Black Death may have originated in the region of Eurasia that is now Kyrgyzstan, west of China

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INTERVIEW

Karen Strier: Four decades with the muriquis

American anthropologist has contributed to primate conservation in the Atlantic Forest and trained almost 80 Brazilian researchers

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Retrospect

An observer of Amazon peoples

Materials collected by German anthropologist Protásio Frikel between 1938 and 1974 have continued to yield a wealth of data for research about indigenous groups in northern Pará

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Linguistics

A neglected threat to ethnobotany

Study shows that language extinction could lead to incalculable losses of medicinal knowledge

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Demographics

Discoveries about the past

Early demographic data show that 20% of households were headed by women in colonial Brazil

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Interview

Roberto Santos Junior: The limits of an Amazonian dream

Despite causing major damage, the Trans-Amazonian Highway fostered the formation of small farming communities

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Anthropology

Recognition for Indigenous Scholar

Maria Manuela Ligeti Carneiro da Cunha was awarded the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Prize for Science and Technology in the Human and Social Sciences, Languages, and Arts category

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INTERVIEW

Néstor García Canclini: An anthropologist of the contemporary

A Brazilian intellectual produces pioneering analyses of the paradoxes of Latin American modernity

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History

Population decline in pre-colonial Amazonia

In response to environmental changes, epidemics, or wars, the populational decline of the Amazon region may have started 300 to 600 years before contact with European settlers

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Iconography

Gazing at the other

Using photographs, a researcher analyzes the phenomenon of human zoos

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COVID-19

In real time

Academic initiatives are collecting personal accounts of memories and mourning experienced during the pandemic

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COVID-19

Death of a man; extinction of an ethnic group

Aruká Juma, the last person to speak the language of the Juma people, died of COVID-19 on February

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