Read more anthropology stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8555/anthropology.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73226/anthropologist-levi-strauss-dead-at-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagClaude Levi-Strauss, widely considered the father of modern anthropology for work that included theories about commonalities between tribal and industrial societies, has died. He was 100. The French intellectual was regarded as having reshaped the field of anthropology, introducing structuralism—concepts about common patterns of behavior and thought, especially myths,...http://www.newser.com/story/73226/anthropologist-levi-strauss-dead-at-100.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 13:11:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71648/anthropologist-modern-male-is-worst-man-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is such a girly man by Neanderthal standards that some caveman's wife could have kicked his ass in arm wrestling, an Australian anthropologist argues in his new book. In fact, Peter McAllister calls modern males the "worst" men in history, at least when it comes to...http://www.newser.com/story/71648/anthropologist-modern-male-is-worst-man-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 5:00:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68871/were-dogs-domesticated-as-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday, they’re man’s best friend, but dogs may have originally come to humans as their best bet for dinner. Researchers in Sweden examined the DNA of dogs around the world and found that they all seemed to be of the same lineage, pointing to “a single domestication event” in southern...http://www.newser.com/story/68871/were-dogs-domesticated-as-dinner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 11:50:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65572/cooking-what-separates-men-from-apes-and-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCooking—not just eating—meat is what prompted human evolution, Richard Wrangham argues in his book Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human , and he discusses his beliefs—including an opposition to the trend of raw diets—with Salon. “Raw foodists argue quite strongly that it is our natural diet,...http://www.newser.com/story/65572/cooking-what-separates-men-from-apes-and-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 13:14:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59235/how-did-neanderthals-die-we-ate-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnthropologists may have solved the mystery of how the Neanderthals died out. A new study suggests they were hunted and eaten by modern human beings, reports the Guardian . The controversial theory argues that a Neanderthal jaw bone shows signs of butchering similar to the techniques humans used on deer in...http://www.newser.com/story/59235/how-did-neanderthals-die-we-ate-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 4:45:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have discovered a 47 million-year-old primate fossil that they believe represents the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes, and humans, reports the Wall Street Journal. The find supports a theory that humans' ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, which is also believed to be linked to lemurs. The...http://www.newser.com/story/59073/scientists-find-fossil-of-mother-of-all-primates.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 6:16:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58057/anthropology-book-by-obamas-mom-to-hit-shelves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama's mother died before she finished revising her Ph.D dissertation for publication, but two of her fellow anthropologists have now completed the job, reports the Chicago Tribune . Stanley Ann Dunham's Surviving Against the Odds: Village Industry in Indonesia —the study of blacksmiths and other rural craftsmen she completed...http://www.newser.com/story/58057/anthropology-book-by-obamas-mom-to-hit-shelves.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 5:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58072/meet-the-first-european.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMeet the first modern European. His face—or hers, as researchers have been unable to determine the sex—was reconstructed by a forensic artist based on a partial skull and jawbone discovered in a Romanian cave. The facial features linked to the 35,000-year-old bones recall the continent's immediate African...http://www.newser.com/story/58072/meet-the-first-european.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 3:09:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52039/ancient-footprints-reveal-path-to-humanity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have unearthed ancient footprints that reveal humanity's ancestors walked with a modern stride as long as 1.5 million years ago, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer . Researchers believe the tracks—left beside a muddy river bank in Kenya and preserved when the river changed course—belong to human ancestor Homo...http://www.newser.com/story/52039/ancient-footprints-reveal-path-to-humanity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Feb 2009 3:12:07 CST