Kickers: In Flux - SAPIENS

Anthropology Magazine

An older man sits with a younger man inside on teal patterned rugs, both with their hands cupped before them in prayer.

Nurturing Autism Acceptance in Indonesia

A woman wearing a red sweater and a skirt looks at a group of goats inside a large rock-walled pen.

Adapt or Abandon? Hard Choices in the Himalayas

A person in a bright green jacket stands on logs and writes on a clipboard in a muddy field.

Will Bog Archaeology Fade Away?

An aerial shot of six people standing in a circle in South Africa on top of a floor mural of swirling water and fish.

What Will It Take to Stop Swimming in the Waters of Racism?

Arctic sea ice is breaking up and melting as the world’s atmosphere and waters warm.

Partnering With Nonhumans for Climate Action

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The Fish Trap

For millennia, humans have been altering the Earth—for example, through agricultural adaptations such as these rice terraces near Pokhara, Nepal.

How Long Have We Been in the Anthropocene?

Does Art Have a Homeland?

Bees clean branches of lemon balm that the author and her sister, Azra Jasarevic, placed in one of their bee boxes. The citrusy perfume from the herb coats the cleaning bees' bodies, and they spread it throughout the hive.

Can Honeybees Teach Us How to Live?

Globalization downfall - Industrialization’s footprint has heavily impacted Gladstone, a city on the east coast of Australia.

How Globalization Has Broken the Chain of Responsibility

Humanity’s Story Has No End of Surprising Twists

Human evolution social selection - This young Afghan refugee named Maimuna, photographed in Kabul in 2016, has features that are similar to ancient European hunter-gatherers.

When Evolution Is Not a Slow Dance but a Fast Race to Survive

Reclaiming Native Ground

Primate extinction - The Philippine Tarsier, a small primate increasingly threatened by habitat destruction and the pet trade, is just one example of many of rapidly declining primate numbers throughout the world.

New Study: 60 Percent of Primate Species Threatened With Extinction

In the Upper Bian region, pets like Ruben challenge our views about the relationship between humans and wild animals.

In Deforestation’s Wake, Wild Animals Turn Troublesome

Fiji’s human history is directly linked to the ebbs and flows of climate change—particularly of sea level rise. Throughout the Pacific Islands, fluctuating environmental conditions resulting from changing sea level have historically resulted in conflict with neighbors.

Climate Wars