New collaborative efforts, such as the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform, are allowing anthropologists and other scholars to help align public health efforts with the on-the-ground knowledge and lived experience of people facing epidemics.
A team of archaeologists is working to uncover whether ancient objects in South Africa were once used as sound tools to make noise or music.
Experimental archaeologist Bill Schindler’s globe-trotting research has led him to champion a diet based on humanity’s long history of inventive food preparation techniques, from nose-to-tail butchery to sourdough bread.
A new study demonstrates a method for deciphering the timing of a deceased person’s death using a lock of hair.
Scientists are partnering with brewers to taste test ancient recipes and sip a long-lost past.
