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Advances in Anthropology (AA) is an international peer reviewed journal dedicated to reporting on the latest advances in anthropology and related disciplines. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians worldwide to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and perspectives i…
Xiangzhao Ji
Northern Shaanxi Folk Songs are an indispensable part of the lives of Northern Shaanxi people. To date, more than 8000 Northern Shaanxi folk songs have been collected and recorded from various sources such as old newspapers and folk song collections, inherito…
Adégbọlá Tolú Adéfì, Olúsẹgun Noah Ọláwọyin
The populations of Ìlàjẹ theocratic communities consider themselves culturally distinct from the inhabitants of their native settlements. The inhabitants of the former predominantly originate from the latter, as before the formation of theocratic communities…
Exodus Tikere Moffor, Paschal Kum Awah
Fons or kings in all human societies occupy a high social standing. They have certain privileges, which others in the society do not have. In the Cameroon Grassfields, they have the prerogative to own and use symbolic art objects. The single or double gong an…
Hong Sheng
The doctrine of “following human nature is called Dao” in The Doctrine of the Mean illustrates the corresponding relationship between “human nature” and “Dao”, carrying anthropological and cosmological implications. The goa…
Plamen N. Nikolov
The idea about time within the outlines of philosophical anthropology erases the boundary between the cognitive intentions of the philosophical and non-philosophically oriented knowledge as well as it tries to raise the question about the comprehension of tim…
Amani Ahou Florentine
Traditional medicine in Ivory Coast is undergoing a major transformation and occupies a prominent place in the health system. Indeed, the experience of Covid-19, marked by the inability of modern Western health systems to treat this viral disease, has sparked…
Pooja Karan
The theory of mind is the ability for an organism to understand the mental state of other beings, and attribute and predict their behaviors based on this understanding. While humans demonstrate the innate mental content of a theory of mind, understanding whet…
Eric Makiyighome Tum, Exodus Tikere Moffor, Louis Aghogah Wihbongale
Royalty and ancestry venerations: commemorating the death of palace children (princes and princess), examines the different ceremonies and rites which are performed during the death celebration of princes and princess or palace children. Children in the Grass…
James M. Smith
Tang China’s capital was the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan city in the world from the early seventh to mid-eighth centuries. Crucial to its prestige was its tolerance of multiple religious traditions and support for long-distance commerce. The Silk Roads,…
Justin Lin Lee
Chess is a popular game with a very unique culture that may not always be r ecognized or appreciated. There have been few thorough anthropologic al assessments of chess in the literature. Two books in the literature, Counterplay , by Robert Desjarlais, and Th…
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