#huntergatherers

Headlines Africaafrica@journa.host
2025-12-04

Southern Africa: Becoming Human in Southern Africa - What Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Genomes Reveal: [The Conversation Africa] New genetic research is shedding light on some of the earliest chapters of our human history. In one of the largest studies of its kind, scientists analysed DNA from 28 individuals who lived in southern Africa between 10,200 and a few hundred years ago. The study provides… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPd7 #SouthernAfrica #HumanHistory #HunterGatherers #GeneticResearch #Archaeology

Radical AnthropologyRadicalAnthro@c.im
2025-11-19

'the mismatch between our evolved physiology and modern conditions is unlikely to resolve itself naturally. Instead, the researchers argue, societies need to mitigate these effects by rethinking their relationship with nature and designing healthier, more sustainable environments.'

Pretty interesting but these authors might think harder about key techniques of #huntergatherers for resolving 'acute stress', such as insistence on #egalitarianism, shared virtual worlds of #ritual and story plus, #laughter.

phys.org/news/2025-11-humans-e

2025-11-13

Stone Tip Cross-Sectional Geometry Contributes to Thrusting Spear Performance [pdf 20pp] #SpearPoints #ProjectilePoints #palaeolithic #HunterForagers #HunterGatherers @Paleoanth_Journ doi.org/10.48738/2025.iss2.3863

Radical AnthropologyRadicalAnthro@c.im
2025-10-22

And here a major article covering #blood symbolism among #African #huntergatherers
c.im/@RadicalAnthro/1146242673

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