Earliest-Known Animal Cave Art
Archaeologists' dates on ancient cave art in Indonesia push the timeline for the first animal depictions back thousands of years.
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Must Conservation and Indigenous Rights Clash?
As over 50 countries sign on to the “Thirty by Thirty” plan that would set land aside from human use, some scholars worry about its effects on marginalized communities.
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Crisis and Opportunity—A Look at 2020
The SAPIENS editors review the year’s events with anthropology in mind.
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Climate Change May Have Been a Major Driver of Ancient Hominin Extinctions
A new study suggests at least two close relatives of Homo sapiens may have died out as their environments changed.
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A Mammoth Find Near Mexico City
Scientists have identified the largest ever assemblage of mammoth bones.
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Archaeologists Respond to the Black Lives Matter Movement
A recent panel discussion encouraged scholars from across the U.S. to consider the experiences and contributions of Black people in this discipline.