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Anthropology Magazine

A photograph features three macaques with red faces and beige fur soaking in hot springs as a person takes their picture with a cellphone.

Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?

A person lies in bed next to a smartphone displaying numbers and symbols.

Are Insomniacs Overthinking Sleep?

Cultural Relativity

A crowd of people gather, with those in the front row reaching out to take green peppers from a pink colander.

Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chili Peppers?

A seated woman with short hair gestures with her hands and speaks into a large rectangular microphone positioned in front of her on a table.

Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?

A light-brown cross section of a tree shows narrow and wide tree rings.

Tree Rings Are Evidence of the Megadrought—and Our Doom

Several women wearing heavy coats push baby carriages on a path at a border checkpoint, with people dressed in uniforms walking behind and next to them.

The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis’ Double Standard

Two Pioneering Female Archaeologists

Two pigs stand in a pen next to a chalkboard with writing in German.

The Cultural Anxieties of Xenotransplantation

A photo shows a hand holding a plastic cup filled with pink liquid and small bits of yellow and red fruit against a tiled pathway lined with grass, bushes, and trees.

How Filipino Sailors—and Coconuts—Helped Create Mexico’s National Drink

Cómo los marineros filipinos—y los cocos—ayudaron a crear la bebida nacional de México

A Hidden Figure in North American Archaeology

The Blockbuster Exhibit That Shouldn’t Have Been

Brown, beige, and red stone shapes lie on a black background above a black-and-white measuring block.

Five Breakthrough Signs of Early Peoples in the Americas

A collection of tall, thin wooden statues of different heights rests against a wall.

Do Stolen Sacred Objects Experience Culture Shock?

Casts of two different sized skulls side by side made of grey, white, and brown matter.

Five Human Species You May Not Know About

A panicked crowd presses against a desk with several people sitting behind computers in a small room.

How Bureaucracy Conceals Obligations to Afghan Refugees