In the seventh season of the SAPIENS podcast, listeners will hear a range of stories about how technology—in a variety…
Why I Talked to Pseudoarchaeologist Graham Hancock on Joe RoganAn archaeologist explains his motivations and strategies for appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with a purveyor of misinformation…
Excavating the Coexistence of Neanderthals and Modern HumansAn archaeologist explains how remains recently recovered from a cave in present-day Germany suggest that Neanderthals and modern humans populated…
Celebrity Status Almost Ruined Ancient DNA ResearchAn evolutionary anthropologist draws lessons from paleogenetic’s journey from Jurassic Park fiction to Nobel Prize reality. ✽ The morning of…
What Is “Natural” for Human Sexual Relationships?A biological and anthropological researcher explains how humans’ diverse ways of mating might have evolved. ✽ Marrying more than one…
Best of SAPIENS 2023In another year of exceptional challenges and hardships, anthropologists tackled a range of issues and questions about what it means…
Sex, Lies, and Science WarsThe Mead-Freeman controversy reaches its climax. Scientists, scholars, and Samoans debate the nature of sexuality, culture, and truth. After anthropologist…
I Was Penalized for Learning a Language at HomeA researcher explains why the Fulbright-Hays fellowship should change its rules that have kept native and heritage speakers from working…
What Ancient Egyptians Knew About Meteorites—Long Before Modern AstronomersAn Egyptologist’s study of hieroglyphic texts has revealed that ancient Egyptians likely understood the celestial origins of iron-rich meteorites. ✽…
The Hidden Ancestry Extracted From an Ancient PendantAn anthropologist explains how new forensics tools offer unprecedented answers to questions about who likely held or wore Stone Age…
