Tag: Anthropology
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...
‘Animism’ recognizes how animals, places and plants have power over humans...
Justine Buck Quijada, Wesleyan University
A movement known as “new animism,” which seeks to secure personhood rights for nonhuman...
What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking...
Mary Prendergast, Rice University
For the first time, a Nobel Prize recognized the field of anthropology, the study of...
Human skin stood up better to the sun before there were...
Nina G. Jablonski, Penn State
Human beings have a conflicted relationship with the sun. People love sunshine, but then...
Ukraine’s war has shattered some friendships and family ties – but...
Greta Uehling, University of Michigan
War does more than displace civilians, or kill them. When wars are waged in...
Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long...
Sharon DeWitte, University of South Carolina
Every year I ask the college students in the course I teach about...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
