n Abstract A broad reflection on some of the major surprises to anthropological theory occasioned by the history, and in a number of instances the tenacity, of indigenous cultures in the twentieth century. We are not leaving the century with the same ideas that got us there. Contrary to the inherited notions of progressive development, whether of the political left or right, the surviving victi...

Organisms should invest more in gathering information when the pay-off from finding a profitable resource is likely to be greater. Here, we ask whether animal societies put more effort in scouting for a new nest when their current one is of low quality. We measured the scouting behaviour of Temnothorax albipennis ant colonies when they inhabit nest-sites with different combinations of desirable...

In this article, I briefly survey the ethnographic research literature on childhood in the 20th century, beginning with the social and intellectual contexts for discussions of childhood at the turn of the 20th century. The observations of Bronislaw Malinowski and Margaret Mead in the 1920s were followed by later ethnographers, also describing childhood, some of whom criticized developmental the...

(Reader,Department Of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Peoples Dental Academy, Peoples University,Bhopal, India.) (Reader, Department Of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Peoples Dental Academy, Peoples University, Bhopal, India) (Associate Professor, Govt. Dental college,Raipur, India) (Consultant Dental Surgeon, Sevasadan hospital,Bhopal) (Consultant Dental Surgeon, Bhopal) (Ex.Lecturer, Department ...

An important part of information gathering is to find what peoples think. With the large and growing availability opinion-rich resources like blogs, forums, e-commerce, social media websites, etc, have a huge collection people's views on their websites. Users' opinions thoughts reviews experiences are valuable used in decision-making process. To determine feelings emotions among thinks quite ch...