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Anthropology Magazine

A photograph features a large crowd of people marching in a street. People in the front row hold up a large, long yellow banner with black text that reads “WOMEN OF COLOR FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.” Other people also carry signs with different slogans.

Broadening Demands for Reproductive Justice

Two adults and two children in brightly patterned clothing carry wooden jugs across a sandy setting scattered with clusters of green grass.

A Somali Archaeologist Is Championing Heritage in the Horn of Africa

A photograph features a person in a sleeveless top and jeans kneeling on the ground and reaching down into a hole. Other people surround the person, but their faces aren’t visible.

Hunting Down the Facts About Paleo Diets

An adult and three children huddle by a grassy hill in the dark with a tall wire fence in the background.

Archaeology at the Borders of the Refugee Crisis

A red bus is parked under a digital street sign that reads “via downtown” and two smaller street signs, each written in a different language.

What Klingon and Other Constructed Languages Reveal

A radiologist examines an X-ray image of human lungs on two computer screens.

At the Limits of Cure for Tuberculosis

A black-and-white photograph of a woman at a desk in front of a shelf of books features her resting her chin on an upright book, with other books lying flat on the table.

Preserving Black Women’s Stories as a Labor of Love

Anti-Asian Racism’s Deep Roots in the United States

Bele Martinique - Bèlè dancers and musicians help shape how some Martinicans envision their future society.

How Black Caribbean Communities Are Reviving an Ancestral Dance Tradition

biological anthropology love

Is Love a Biological Reality?

racism in brazil - Protests against police violence in Brazil, like this march commemorating the life of a Black youth killed in his home, help speak to the transnational nature of anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

Combating Anti-Black Racism in Brazil and Beyond

Using a remote-sensing tool called lidar, archaeologists can see what lies hidden underneath dense vegetation. This lidar image reveals the grand plaza of the Maya city of Tikal in present-day Guatemala.

Archaeology of the 99 Percent

NASA anthropologist - Jack Stuster with a NASA space shuttle.

Can Anthropologists Propel Astronauts Toward Mars?

Bipedality

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality

Reinhard Bernbeck presents the entrance of a shelter at an archaeological site on the premises of a former concentration camp and forced-labor camp in Berlin, Germany.

Excavating Long-Buried Stories From the Nazi Era