El Rastro del Fuego

When Friar Diego Bringas penned his 1796–97 report on conditions in northwestern New Spain, he was imbued with an enthusiastic drive for reform. Hoping to gain the King of Spain’s support in improving the missionary program, Bringas set down a detailed history of all that had happened in the region since Father Kino’s day. His writings offer a valuable study of Spanish attempts to bring about cultural change among the Piman Indians. Daniel S. Matson and Bernard L. Fontana have translated the Bringas document and added an informative introduction, notes, and references. They analyze...

¿Puede nuestra especie Homo Sapiens adaptarse a las consecuencias deslumbrantes de su éxito desde hace 40 000 años y a su ampliación sin precedentes desde hace medio siglo? No hace tanto tiempo, diversas especies humanas compartían la Tierra en tres imperios: los neandertales en Europa, los denisovanos en Asia y los sapiens en África. Intercambiaban técnicas y genes –hoy en día, la diversidad de las poblaciones se debe en parte a los genes captados por medio de hibridaciones múltiples con especies hermanas, tanto humanas como sapiens–. A continuación, poblaciones de sapiens más ...

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Compilación de análisis sobre cultura contemporánea que parte del cambio social como elemento primordial para pensar la cultura en un momento de conflicto marcado por la transición desde la modernidad al capitalismo tardío