AABA 2022 AthreyaGlantzVanArsdale
Channel: Adam Van Arsdale
Date: 2022-03-29

In human evolutionary studies, what does the "modern" of "modern human origins" mean? Does it serve to better our understanding of the origin of our species and contemporary humans. This lecture, from the American Association of Biological Anthropology 2022 Annual Meetings, argues that it does not. Instead, "modernity" serves to reinforce typological understandings of the hominin fossil record, acting in a manner that specifically minimizes the role of Asian voices and data in these arguments.