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Humanities

Harvested dry flax plants Gender-based division of labor 4,000 years ago 15.02.2021

A study of dental wear of 106 individuals of the Argaric culture buried in Castellón Alto (Granada, Spain) shows evidence of gender-based division of labour as early as 4,000 year agoThe evidence indicates that only women of the at El Argar culture used their anterior teeth to make threads and stringsThe study provides a better […]

Charles Chaplin - "The Kid" The Transmission of Inequality Across Generations 19.02.2019

With socio-economic inequality a major public concern, researchers have long been interested in measuring how persistent inequalities are between generations. Do the descendants from successful families tend to remain successful? Or is there ‘intergenerational mobility’, such that an individual’s origin is not a prime determinant of his or her socio-economic status? A study by Jan […]

Art inspired by science: artwork emerged from dialogues between Margarita Salas & Eva Lootz Art inspired by science: artwork emerged from dialogues between Margarita Salas & Eva Lootz 04.04.2018

‘Binomio, a Dialogue between Art and Science’ is a pioneering initiative in Spain which brings together leading scientists and artists, to stimulate the exchange of ideas between two different but equally necessary worlds in order to understand reality.   Lootz has created an audiovisual piece and 59 drawings which reflect on Salas’ research. The artwork is […]

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Maria Jose Sanz (BC3)
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