Tag: Anthropology
Forensic anthropologists work to identify human skeletal remains and uncover the...
Madeline Atwell, Clemson University and Katherine Weisensee, Clemson University
A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog...
Forget ‘Man the Hunter’ – physiological and archaeological evidence rewrites assumptions...
Sarah Lacy, University of Delaware and Cara Ocobock, University of Notre Dame
Prehistoric men hunted; prehistoric women gathered. At...
Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
Yasmin Moll, University of Michigan
Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African...
‘From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma’ – a college course explores...
Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Western Illinois University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
Thriving in the face of adversity: Resilient gorillas reveal clues about...
Stacy Rosenbaum, University of Michigan and Robin Morrison, University of Exeter
In 1974, an infant mountain gorilla was born...
Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people...
Chapurukha Kusimba, University of South Florida and David Reich, Harvard University
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is...
When there are no words: Talking about wartime trauma in Ukraine
Greta Uehling, University of Michigan
As the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, one thing is...
Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologis
Elizabeth Keating, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
How is it possible to spend so...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
