CARTA: Exploring Human Evolution through Ethnology

[@uctv]

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[@sinecure45]

A very thought provoking presentation, and one which should be taken seriously by archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists. It resonates with me in particular, as back in 1975 when I was a graduate student, I audited the course given by David Turner in order to supplement my program in history and linguistics. It does puzzle me, however, that you make no mention of Lewis Henry Morgan, who studied numerous American tribes and even sent kinship questionnaires to US diplomatic missions around the world in order to collect ethnographic data long before Tyler came on the scene. Marija Gimbutas also combined ethnology and folklore with her archaeological studies, from secondary school to her doctoral program in Tuebingen, and incorporated ethnological ideas in her work. One further point deserves mention: among the Dani ofPapua-New Guinea women may remove finger parts after the loss of a family member or child, or as a sacrifice to the ghost of someone killed in battle, the basic idea being that inflicting pain on oneself is a way of expressing grief.

[@larryparis925]

Whoa... this is a highly informative presentation. There have been numerous research areas that could have been key to an anthropological contribution to human knowledge that anthropologists have stopped pursuing, including the comparative statistical approach to cultures and human behavior. This should be a central concern in anthropology.

[@Chilembwe]

Excellent information very informative

[@rox4884]

I was just wondering if Neanderthals had some type of shoe since Autistic people don't like to wear them and I restarted this and it was talking about clothes. At first, listening to the part about fingers being amputated, I thought, frostbite. Then you said mostly healthy fingers. I thought of Christians who practice self flaguation and stigmata. Someome probably went out and stoled fire and when he came back had to have his frostbite fingers amputated and after that, they started a ritual honoring him by amputating fingers to show deference. I really, really think that Neanderthals were the first "gods" only the humans didn't think that they were supetnatural in origin. I don't think that humans were originally hard wired to believe in gods, but the stories got passed on, changed and became part of our collective knowledge. It just makes sense to me that if a Neanderthal let a female human into the village and she got pregnant she would have difficulty giving birth and they would probably have been kicked out. No more humans allowed in the village, but the men still going into the villages to satisfy their desires. Eventually, there's quite a community of part Neanderthals. I i think that's probably why we dislike the uncanny valley.

[@rearct]

He really didn't spend much time on why ritual amputation would be more likely than frostbite, which seems the most obvious?

[@leonvanheerden9174]

But not all roots ae welcome in my own garden space ... ...

[@zolisamaine3518]

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[@tyronejacobs3422]

We are not Africans, we are orginal hebrews, trace that through Holy Scriptures. From Israel/ Africa in that sense yes we are that to.

[@kalebnbrown]

African Americans are west African.

[@godfreecharlie]

The "holy scribblings" are NOT holy but mental images of goatherds written down by the only Hallmark Family movie guy in the group that could write. This makes it real and factual. Archaeologists don't need to go to school. Just grab a babble and everything you need to know is found inside. Interpretation is open to anyone who can read.

[@larryparis925]

I guess you are happy being ignorant. That's a shame. On you.

[@ingloriousbetch4302]

We're dealing in science here, not your mythology books.

[@pabz2ray]

What are you talking about Tyrone😂😂