Tag: Anthropology
Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory
Neringa Klumbytė, Miami University; Lithuanian Institute of History
In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire...
A hard year for federal workers offers a real-time lesson in resilience
Anne Pisor, Penn State
Imagine going from having a book club with your co-workers to seeing them only on...
Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders...
William E. Watson, Immaculata University
When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia...
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...
Ben Marwick, University of Washington
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....
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....
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
