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Tag Archives: Anthropology

25Sep/17

Our sleep patterns inherited from hunter-gatherers, says study

September 25, 2017ResearchAnthropology, Articles, Biology, Branches of biology, Canada, Company: Sentinel, DAVID SAMSON, Dream, fitbit-like devices, Human, Jim Drury, Mississauga, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, Physiology, Samson, Sleep, Sleep in non-human animals, Tanzania, Toronto, University of Toronto, University of Toronto Mississaugasmbale

A study of a remote Africa tribe wearing actigraphs suggests for the first time that a 50-year-old theory on animal sleep patterns applies to humans, as Jim Drury reports. Continue reading →

27Aug/17

The high price of saying ‘I do’ in China

August 27, 2017Human InterestAnthropology, CHEN XUELING, China, Engagement, Laura Frykberg, London, Marriage, United Kingdom, Wedding, Wedding photographysmbale

For some couples in China, money is no object when it comes to getting the perfect wedding photographs. Laura Frykberg reports. Continue reading →

12Feb/17

Won’t solemnise weddings without proof of toilets, declare Muslim imams in northern India

February 12, 2017Human InterestAnthropology, Bathrooms, Country: India, Haryana, Humanities, Hygiene, Imam, India, Marriage, Mewat, Moeen Khan, Narendra Modi, Public health, Public toilets, Sanitation, Swachh Bharat Mission, Toilets, Urinal, Wedding, Yahae Karimsmbale

In a unique move, over 1,200 Muslim imams in India’s northern Haryana state declare that they will not solemnise a wedding without proofs of toilets at the residences of prospective brides and grooms.
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10Sep/15

Anicent, human-like species discovered in South Africa

September 10, 2015ScienceAnthropology, Cradle of Humankind, crude tool, Elen Feuerriegel, Hominidae, Hominina, Homo, Homo naledi, Human evolution, Humans, Jane Goodall, Johannesburg, Johannesburg Gauteng, Lee Berger, Lee Rogers Berger, Naledi, Paleoanthropology, Thomson Reuters Corp, University of Witwatersrandsmbale

(REUTERS) – Scientists at the Marupeng centre in Johannesburg on Thursday (September 10) revealed fossils of a new human-like species they’re calling ‘Homo Naledi’.
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15Mar/15

Indian bride calls off wedding as groom fails maths test

March 15, 2015Human InterestAnthropology, Articles, Bengali culture, Bengali Hindu wedding, Culture, Groom, India, Kanpur, Marriage, Punjabi culture, Ram Baran, Rekha, Social institutions, South Asian wedding, Uttar Pradesh, Wedding, Wedding customs by countrysmbale

An Indian bride walks out of her arranged wedding after the groom fails to solve a simple mathematics problem in northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

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