Tag: Anthropology
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...
Handwritten diaries may feel old fashioned, but they offer insights that...
Paula Vene Smith, Grinnell College
The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young...
Why the world has a lot to learn about conservation –...
John Ziker, Boise State University
Twenty-five years ago, when I was a young anthropologist working in northern Siberia, the...
New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier...
Ludovic Slimak, Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès; Clément Zanolli, Université de Bordeaux; Jason E. Lewis, Stony Brook University (The State University of...
A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins...
Stephen Wooding, University of California, Merced
The sweetness of sugar is one of life’s great pleasures. People’s love for sweet is so visceral, food...
What’s the point of holiday gifts?
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
Whether it’s the dread of a trip to an overcrowded shopping mall, the challenge...
When and how was walking invented?
Jan Simek, University of Tennessee
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
New research suggests cat and dog ‘moms’ and ‘dads’ really are...
Shelly Volsche, Boise State University
A pup out for a stroll, without paws touching the ground.
Shelly Volsche, CC BY-ND
Have you noticed more cats riding in...
EXPLORING NATURE
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...
Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...
