Anthropology - Research Articles

Comparative, primary-source survey of the bullroarer’s functions across Aboriginal Australia, mapped to Eve Theory of Consciousness constructs.

From late‑Vedic karma cycles to New‑Age past‑life therapy, a longue‑durée history of metempsychosis—plus the murky, pre‑literate hints that the doctrine may be Ice‑Age old.

Surveying genetic, anatomical, and cultural evidence that humans tamed themselves through “survival of the friendliest.”

How a simple whirled instrument traces the spread of male secret societies and ritual culture from the Late Paleolithic to the present.

Integrating Venus figurines, goddess myths, and X-chromosome sweeps to re-evaluate women’s possible leadership in early human culture.

Explains the shared Chinese 招魂 and Tai-Lao su khwan rites that summon a runaway soul back into the body and why they persist across cultures.

Explores the ancient practice of dog sacrifice across cultures, from Ice Age burials to warrior initiation rites, examining why humans ritualized killing their most beloved companions.

A concise examination of dog sacrifice as an Indo-European initiation rite, tracing evidence from Ice Age burials to classical Roman festivals.

Across cultures the snake is called “wise.” New evidence shows the nickname arose from venom‑induced alterations of consciousness, not reptile IQ.

The Snake Cult of Consciousness reframes the Sapient Paradox: behavioral modernity emerged ~15 kya through memetic—not genetic—diffusion of selfhood.