Anthropology and Disability: Publications and Resources
Summary: The Anthropology and Disability: Studies and Information database at Disabled World (DW) includes a variety of publications such as recent discoveries, anthropological news, and scholarly articles that focus on the intersection of anthropology and disability studies. This collection encompasses research from both sociocultural anthropology, which examines cultural interpretations of disability, and social anthropology, which studies social structures and relationships. Additionally, the database covers medical anthropology, investigating health, disease, and biocultural adaptation, particularly how these relate to disability in different cultural contexts. The database is regularly updated and offers search and sort functionalities for user convenience.
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| Title of Document | Paper Author | Peer Review | Preface / Postface | Publication Type | Publish Date | Updated / Revised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Droplets and Tiny Lightning Sparks May Have Ignited Life on Earth | Stanford University (Sara Zaske) | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2025/03/14 | |
| Human Civilization at a Crossroads: Authoritarian Decline vs. Unprecedented Abundance | Nafeez Ahmed (System Shift Lab) | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Paper, Essay | 2024/12/16 | 2025/06/01 |
| Evolutionary Brain Genes Linked to Developmental Disorders | Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie | Yes | ✓ Preface | Experimental Study | 2024/10/14 | |
| Life from a Single Drop: Rainwater's Role in Forming First Protocell Walls | University of Chicago | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2024/08/24 | 2025/04/11 |
| Understanding Baby Talk: How Children's Vocal and Cognitive Signals Influence Adults | Florida Atlantic University | Yes | Observational Study | 2024/08/06 | ||
| Primordial Soup: What Ensured Stability of the First Molecules? | Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2024/08/02 | 2025/04/11 |
| Western Equine Encephalitis: Evolution's Role in Reducing Its Threat But Need for Vigilance | Harvard Medical School | Yes | Experimental Study | 2024/07/25 | ||
| Floating Duck Syndrome Leads to Hard Work Without Achieving Goals | Cambridge University | Yes | Informative | 2024/07/24 | ||
| Study Reveals Characteristics of LUCA, the Last Universal Common Ancestor | University of Bristol | Yes | ✓ Preface | Data & Statistical Analysis | 2024/07/12 | 2024/09/29 |
| Study on Heart Architecture Provides Insights into Human Evolution | Swansea University | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2024/06/14 | 2025/03/25 |
| Groundbreaking Study Reveals Elephants Use Individualized Vocal Labels, Mirroring Human Naming | Colorado State University | Yes | Observational Study | 2024/06/10 | 2024/06/11 | |
| Transmission of Leprosy Between Red Squirrels and Humans in Medieval England | Cell Press | Yes | ✓ Preface | Observational Study | 2024/05/03 | 2025/01/24 |
| Plant DNA Breakthroughs Aid Conservation and Medical Discoveries | The New York Botanical Garden | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Data & Statistical Analysis | 2024/04/24 | 2025/04/20 |
| Graphitisation: Recreating Plausible Conditions for the Origin of Life | University of Cambridge | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Simulation, Modelling | 2024/04/18 | 2025/04/11 |
| Changing Perspectives: How Generation X's Views On Evolution Are Evolving | University of Michigan | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Scholarly Paper | 2024/04/10 | 2025/02/27 |
| New Evidence Supports RNA World Hypothesis on Life's Origins | Salk Institute | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Experimental Study | 2024/03/05 | 2025/04/11 |
| How Bacteria Thrive Amidst a Viral Epidemic sans Social Distancing | Marine Biological Laboratory | Yes | Meta-analysis | 2024/02/16 | 2024/02/17 | |
| Evolutionary Origin of a Mysterious Human Immune System Molecule | Pennsylvania State University | Yes | Experimental Study | 2024/01/30 | ||
| Evolutionary Study Shows How Humans Learned to Walk | New York University | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2024/01/29 | 2025/03/31 |
| Findings Suggest Early Primates, Including Humans, Possibly Thrived in Pairs | University of Zurich | Yes | Meta-analysis | 2024/01/03 | ||
| Exploring Extremes: Unveiling the Secret Life of Microbes Thriving a Mile Underground | Northwestern University | Yes | Experimental Study | 2023/11/28 | ||
| Pollen Analysis May Explain When and How the Flow of Homo Sapiens Into Eurasia Happened | University of Kansas | Yes | Anthropology News | 2023/09/23 | ||
| New Research Sheds Light on Animal Evolution | Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford | Yes | Ecology and Evolution | 2023/06/29 | ||
| Asgard Archaea: Clues to the Origin of Complex Life | University of Texas at Austin | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2023/06/22 | 2025/04/11 |
| Tryptophan, Life's Key Amino Acid, Found in Deep Space | Carmen del Puerto Varela Instituto de AstrofĂsica de Canarias (IAC) | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Scientific Discovery | 2023/06/20 | 2025/04/11 |
| The Evolutionary Origin of Cognitive Flexibility | Ruhr-University Bochum | Yes | Study | 2023/06/16 | 2023/06/27 | |
| Dupuytren's Disease (Viking Disease) Hand Disorder May Come From Neandertal Genes | Oxford University Press USA | Yes | Anthropology News | 2023/06/14 | 2023/06/27 | |
| How Evolutionary Changes Actively Shape Our Environment | University of Rhode Island | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Research, Study, Analysis | 2023/06/05 | 2025/04/22 |
| Humans Evolved Flexible Feet Arches to Walk Upright | Frontiers | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2023/05/30 | 2025/03/31 |
| Evolutionary Insights into Human Limb Adaptation | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2023/05/24 | 2025/03/31 |
| Research by Texas A&M Redefines Mammalian Tree of Life | Texas A&M University | Yes | Anthropology News | 2023/04/29 | 2023/09/21 | |
| Brain Evolution Study Suggests Catalyst for How the Human Brain Evolved | Gladstone Institutes | Yes | 2023/04/27 | |||
| Ancient DNA Reveals Multiethnic Structure of Mongolia's First Nomadic Empire | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary | Yes | 2023/04/14 | |||
| Evolutionary Leap: Nitrogen's Role 800 Million Years Ago | Virginia Tech | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2023/03/22 | 2025/04/12 |
| Nickelback Peptide May Explain Origins of Life on Earth | Rutgers University | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Findings | 2023/03/12 | 2025/04/11 |
| Origins Federation Unites Scientists to Explore Life's Cosmic Beginnings | ETH Zurich | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2023/03/05 | 2025/04/15 |
| How Early Earth's Chemistry Sparked the Origins of Life | University of Rochester | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Paper, Essay | 2023/02/11 | 2025/04/12 |
| Humans Still Understand Chimpanzee and Bonobo Gestures | PLOS | Yes | 2023/01/24 | 2023/01/25 | ||
| Unique Human DNA Evolution Was a Balancing Act | Gladstone Institutes | Yes | 2023/01/14 | |||
| Dinosaur and Bird Fossils Reveal Diversity of Prehistoric Patagonia | University of Texas at Austin | Yes | 2023/01/12 | |||
| Evolution Disabled Human Body Hair Genes | University of Utah | Yes | 2023/01/06 | 2023/01/17 | ||
| Convergent Evolution: Nature's Path to Shared Solutions | University of WĂĽrzburg | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2023/01/06 | 2025/04/14 |
| Oldest Known Projectile Points in Americas Discovered in Idaho | Oregon State University | Yes | 2022/12/24 | 2023/01/17 | ||
| Drying Cycles: A Key to Life's Origins on Early Earth | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2022/12/23 | 2025/04/11 |
| Emergence of New Genes Cause Humans to Continually Evolve | Cell Press | Yes | 2022/12/22 | 2023/01/03 | ||
| Orangutans and Humans Share Similar Speech Origins | University of Warwick | Yes | 2022/12/21 | |||
| Octopuses, Evolution and Genetic Dark Matter | Dartmouth College | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Research, Study, Analysis | 2022/12/20 | 2025/04/30 |
| Octopus Brains Mirror Human Cognition Through Shared RNA Evolution | Max DelbrĂĽck Center | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Research, Study, Analysis | 2022/11/25 | 2025/04/30 |
| Brain Evolution from 525 Million Year Old Fossil | University of Arizona | Yes | 2022/11/25 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Our Ancient Relatives Were Not So Simple | University of Nottingham | Yes | 2022/11/12 | 2023/04/29 | ||
| Human, Ape and Monkey Brain Differences | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Yes | 2022/11/08 | |||
| 500 Million Year Old Fossils Answer Evolution Question | University of Oxford | Yes | 2022/11/02 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Octopus Brain Study Uncovers Evolutionary Clues to Vision Processing | University of Oregon | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Findings | 2022/10/31 | 2025/04/30 |
| 10,000-year-old Child Burial Shows Use of Baby Carrier and Heirlooms | University of Colorado Denver | Yes | 2022/10/21 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Neanderthal Family Structure Revealed | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology | Yes | 2022/10/19 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Neandertal DNA May Provide Answers to Brain Disorder Genetic Risks | Estonian Research Council | Yes | 2022/10/06 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| European Impact on Tonga and Pacific islands | Australian National University | Yes | 2022/10/01 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Marine Phosphate Availability and Chemical Origins of Life on Earth | University of Cambridge | Yes | 2022/09/27 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Salamander Brain Regeneration Unlocks Mysteries of Evolution and Regeneration | BGI Genomics | Yes | 2022/09/26 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Mutations and Evolution: Tracking a Network of 100,000 Mutants | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University | Yes | 2022/09/20 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Exploring the Origins of Upright Walking in Human Evolution | Harvard University | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2022/09/12 | 2025/03/31 |
| Ancient DNA Provides Detailed Genomic History of the Cradle of Civilization | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | Yes | 2022/08/25 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Sahelanthropus Tchadensis and Bipedalism Study | French National Centre for Scientific Research | 2022/08/24 | 2023/01/04 | |||
| Skull Study on Human and Neandertal Interbreeding | North Carolina State University | Yes | 2022/08/23 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| The Evolution of Human Neurons | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University | Yes | 2022/08/08 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| The Human Brain Did Not Shrink 3,000 Years Ago | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 2022/08/06 | 2023/01/04 | |||
| Kenyan Baboons Borrowed Genes from Their Cousins | Duke University | Yes | 2022/08/05 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Disease and Famine Drove Evolution of Lactose Tolerance | University of Bristol | Yes | 2022/07/31 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Prehistoric Roots of Herpes Traced Through Ancient DNA | University of Cambridge | Yes | 2022/07/27 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| The Importance of Elders for Societal Longevity | University of California - Santa Barbara | Yes | ✓ Preface | Paper, Essay | 2022/07/17 | 2024/10/13 |
| Study in Child Language Deficits Reveals Importance of Voluntary Imagination in Language Evolution | Dr. Andrey Vyshedskiy | Yes | 2022/07/14 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Meraxes Gigas Dinosaur Provides Insight Into Why Many Prehistoric Meat-Eaters Had Tiny Arms | University of Minnesota | Yes | 2022/07/11 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| Yunnanozoans Are Oldest Known Stem Vertebrates | Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters | Yes | 2022/07/10 | 2023/01/04 | ||
| RNA Precursors Found in Milky Way Cloud Support Life's Cosmic Origins | Frontiers | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2022/07/08 | 2025/04/12 |
| Cradle of Humankind Fossils Over a Million Years Older than Previously Thought | Purdue University | Yes | Ecology & Evolution | 2022/06/29 | 2024/04/10 | |
| Human and Octopus Brains Share Same Jumping Genes | Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Findings | 2022/06/27 | 2025/04/30 |
| Will Dragon Man Fossil Replace Neanderthals as Humans Closest Relative | Cell Press | Yes | 2021/07/05 | 2022/08/23 | ||
| Protein That May Have Existed When Life Began Identified | Rutgers University | 2018/09/06 | 2018/09/10 | |||
| Evolution: Why the Young are Often More Susceptible to Infection | University of Bath | 2018/07/01 | 2019/05/16 | |||
| How Our Ancestors With Autistic Traits Led a Revolution in Ice Age Art | University of York | Yes | Anthropology News | 2018/05/14 | 2024/04/10 | |
| Fish Study Reveals Secrets of Immune System Evolution and Adaptation | University of East Anglia | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Anthropology News | 2017/11/06 | 2025/04/22 |
| How Neanderthals Influenced Human Genetics at Asia and Europe Crossroads | University at Buffalo | Yes | 2017/11/04 | 2022/08/23 | ||
| Sungir Homo Sapiens Visualized in 3D Virtual Reality | Visual Science | 2017/10/08 | ||||
| The Hominin Species That Gave Us Genital Herpes | University of Cambridge | Yes | Informative | 2017/10/02 | 2023/12/13 | |
| Modern Humans Emerged Over 350,000 Years Ago | University of Johannesburg | 2017/09/28 | ||||
| Ă–tzi, the 5,000 Year Old Iceman | Georgia Institute of Technology | Yes | Anthropology News | 2017/08/23 | 2024/02/10 | |
| Clues to Ghost Species of Ancient Human Discovered | University at Buffalo | Yes | Anthropology News | 2017/07/21 | 2024/06/05 | |
| Why a Teen with Bone Cancer Was Buried on Witch Hill in 1300 AD | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | Yes | Anthropology News | 2017/06/02 | 2023/09/21 | |
| Where Do Humans Come From? Homo Naledi's Young Age Creates More Questions | University of the Witwatersrand | 2017/05/12 | 2021/03/17 | |||
| Human Ways of Thinking Evolved 1.8M Years Ago | Indiana University | 2017/05/10 | ||||
| Autism and Human Evolutionary Emergence of Collaborative Morality | University of York | Yes | Anthropology News | 2016/11/15 | 2024/04/10 | |
| Course of Human Evolution Could Change With Gene Editing Technology | Issues in Science and Technology | Yes | Observational Study | 2016/04/07 | 2023/06/28 | |
| How Our Ancestors Turned Disability Into Advantage | University of York | Yes | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2015/08/05 | 2025/03/31 |
| What is the Paleolithic or Caveman Diet | Georgia State University | 2014/12/16 | 2017/05/10 | |||
| Evolutionary Roots of the Ebola Virus | University at Buffalo | 2014/10/24 | 2020/12/08 | |||
| The Genetic Legacy of Fear: How Phobias May Be Inherited Across Generations | Thomas C. Weiss | ✓ Preface | Informative | 2014/08/11 | 2024/11/05 | |
| Why Male Noses Are Larger than Female Noses | University of Iowa | 2013/11/19 | 2021/10/03 | |||
| Charles Dickens Literature Showcased Discrimination Against Disabled | American Friends of Tel Aviv University | 2013/01/16 | 2022/02/24 | |||
| Humans Losing Intellectual and Emotional Abilities | Cell Press | 2012/11/12 | 2022/03/16 | |||
| Genetic Engineering: Crafting Our Own Evolution | Case Western Reserve University | 2012/10/27 | 2021/07/07 | |||
| Research Confirms Humans Are Part Neanderthal | University of Montreal | Yes | 2012/02/28 | 2022/08/23 | ||
| Did Elizabeth Barrett Browning Have Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis | Penn State | Informative | 2011/12/20 | 2024/02/17 | ||
| How Traditional American Families Are Changing in Modern Times | Thomas C. Weiss | ✓ Preface ✓ Postface | Informative | 2011/09/15 | 2025/04/15 | |
| Asthma Study by Medical Anthropologist | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 2011/02/20 | 2022/05/28 | |||
| You Are What Your Father Ate | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Yes | Research Study Analysis | 2010/12/25 | 2024/01/29 | |
| Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's | University of Rochester | 2010/07/10 | 2017/05/10 | |||
| Ardipithecus Ramidus - Ardi - Oldest Skeleton of Human Ancestors | Ardi | 2009/10/12 | 2017/05/10 |
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