Human Nature
Sex in Sport: Men Don’t Always Have the Advantage
Research shows that real differences exist in athletic capacities, on average, between men and women. But they cut both ways.
SAPIENS
Features
Expressions
How Migrant Filmmakers Practice Archival Activism
Migrant youth in Palermo, Italy, are documenting their lives to ensure their stories are not just told by those in power.
Culture Lab
Discovering Africa's Oldest Burial
A team of archaeologists are busy learning about human evolution, symbolism, and ritual from the remains of a child laid to rest in a Kenyan cave during the Middle Stone Age—the oldest-known human burial on the African continent to date.
Poetry
And You Watch as We Make Woodwater Again
SAPIENS poet-in-residence Justin D. Wright speaks to the elemental craft of Black survival, photosynthesis, and sweet tea making in an anti-Black racist society.
Culture Lab
How Many People Lived in the Angkor Empire?
Archaeologists working with an interdisciplinary team have estimated the population of the ancient Greater Angkor Region in Cambodia at its peak in the 13th century.
Crossroads
When “Voluntary” Return Is Not a Real Option for Asylum-Seekers
An anthropologist explains why successful integration into Austrian society—long argued to be a condition for acceptance—is not enough to guarantee asylum-seekers and migrants a safe home in the country.