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The Nature of Art
Armand Marie Leroi
[long_description] Can pieces of art be related to each other in the way that biological species can? In living things, phylogenic links are forged by the inheritance of genetic material; in culture, by influential ideas. Artworks may not have genomes, but they do contain information. Basic phylogenetic methodology may be applied to create a more scientific study of art history.
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Americans at Armageddon
Guy Middleton
[short_description] Eric Cline’s book Digging Up Armageddon tells the story of an archeological team from the University of Chicago that began digging at Megiddo during the mid-1920s.
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On Science and Civilisation in China
Shellen Wu
[short_description] From the time the first volumes of Science and Civilisation in China were published in the 1950s, it forced the world to acknowledge early Chinese scientific and technological achievements.
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Rethinking Justice
Mark Goodale
[short_description] What drives humans to commit inhuman acts? Alexander Laban Hinton looks for answers in Man or Monster? The Trial of a Khmer Rouge Torturer and The Justice Facade: Trials of Transition in Cambodia.
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Ancient Associations
Richard Chacon
[short_description] The Power of Ritual in Prehistory by Brian Hayden is the first new comparative study of secret societies in almost a century. Richard Chacon regards it as a landmark in anthropological research.
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Divine Medicine
George Scialabba
[short_description] In reviewing A Natural History of Beer by Rob DeSalle & Ian Tattersall, George Scialabba summarizes beer’s story, including its major historical moments, the science of its components, and its future.
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Access All Areas
Antoine Balzeau
[short_description] Paleoanthropology’s traditional working methods, Antoine Balzeau argues, are no longer effective—especially when modern technology offers researchers more efficient means of analysis and archiving.
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Great Scott
George Scialabba
[short_description] James C. Scott’s Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States explores the mixed blessings of agriculture and animal domestication. George Scialabba casts a critical eye over Scott’s book.
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Skulls That Speak
Antoine Balzeau
[short_description] Antoine Balzeau review a recent paper that argues for a link between the development of human language and the evolving shape of the human skull.
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Tribes and States
Philip Carl Salzman
[short_description] Tribes have equality and autonomy, but their structure is incompatible with modern democracy. Philip Carl Salzman describes Baluchi lineage groups: closer kin unite to oppose distant kin.
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