Anthropology Magazine
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Indigenizing What It Means to Be Human

Reflections
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What If Neanderthals Had Outlived Homo Sapiens?

Culture Lab
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When Coffee Is Like Angel Cake With Strawberry Jam

Excerpt
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How Gravestones Shaped as Sheep United the Caucasus

Reflections
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The Paleolithic Age Cooked Up Creative Chefs

Origins
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In Lebanon, Solar Power Is Booming. Why?

Field Notes
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Fishing in the Shadow of Oil

Field Notes
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Is a “Sweet Tooth” Genetic?

Nature/Nurture
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Is War Inevitable? Consider the Ancient Maya

Standpoints
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Best of SAPIENS 2022

Letters
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Did Meat Do Neanderthals In?

Unearthed
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Cómo una confesión forzada dio forma a la historia de una familia

Kinship
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A Major Museum’s Attempt to Center Native American Voices

Viewpoint
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How a Song Bridged Diné and Ndebele Worlds

Expressions
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How Diverse Was Medieval Britain?

Decoded
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Lo que la antropología del olfato revela sobre la humanidad

Human Nature