Browsing 2021 MU Dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Anthropology (MU)"
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Body size and shape in insular environments and applications of the island rule in biological anthropology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)The discovery of small-bodied hominin fossils in 2004 on the island of Flores, Indonesia, unearthed a large debate within biological anthropology. This debate has exemplified that there are questions and research areas ... -
The influence of ancestors: kinship and cooperation in Iban ancestor worship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)This work explores, extends, and tests a novel evolutionary theory put forth and refined by Lyle Steadman, Craig Palmer, and Kathryn Coe. The approach is the descendant-leaving strategy theory, which outlines how ancestors ...