Anna Goldfield – SAPIENS

Anthropology Magazine

Brown, beige, and red stone shapes lie on a black background above a black-and-white measuring block.

Five Breakthrough Signs of Early Peoples in the Americas

Casts of two different sized skulls side by side made of grey, white, and brown matter.

Five Human Species You May Not Know About

Five runners in running shorts and athletic tops are pictured mid-stride as they move down a street blocked off by orange and white pylons and bars.

Five Ways Humans Evolved to be Athletes

In a valley, an archaeological site is carved into a mountainside, at the base of which tourists gather. A bright sun and blue sky are in the background.

Five Solstice Sites That Aren’t Stonehenge

magnetic field reversal neanderthal - Some researchers suggest that the red ochre used in cave art in Europe almost 42,000 years ago was also used as an ancient sunscreen.

Did a Magnetic Field Reversal Doom Neanderthals?

human genome project Neanderthals - Humans have more than 3 billion letter pairs of DNA in their genome, and only about 0.1 percent of that differs between any two people.

Mapping Human and Neanderthal Genomes

why does comfort food feel good - Grated horseradish is a popular garnish in the Baltics.

The Evolution of Comfort Food

Neanderthal tools

A Spark of Insight Into Neanderthal Behavior

Do I Have Microremains in My Teeth?

coronavirus and coping with death

Coronavirus and Coping With Death

Neanderthals: Body of Evidence

Figure Title: Examples of external auditory exostoses (EAE) among Neandertal specimens.

The Neanderthal Ear—Prone to Irritating Infections

neanderthal locomotion

Neanderthal Legs and Feet—Suited to Sprinting

Neanderthal Bones: Signs of Their Sex Lives

Neanderthal diet - Teeth and bones from Neanderthals found in Belgium’s Goyet Cave show they had a diet rich in meat such as horse and reindeer.

The Neanderthal Diet—From Teeth to Guts

The Neanderthal Arm—Hints About Handedness

The Neanderthal Throat—Did Neanderthals Speak?

Neanderthal brain - Chris Stringer a Merit Researcher at the Natural History Museum, London, face to face with a Neanderthal skull at the press launch of the Museum’s new Treasures Gallery.

The Neanderthal Brain—Clues About Cognition

neanderthal body

A Head-to-Toe Tour of the Neanderthal

For One Forensic Anthropologist, Resilience Is Bone Deep

This illustration shows several of the steps in archaeologist Kevin Smith’s process for creating a shell fishhook out of abalone.

How an Archaeological Experiment Revealed California’s Ancient Past

butter clams alaska - People in Alaska have been eating butter clams like these for millennia.

What Clam Thermometers Tell Us About Past Climates

Bone-handled toothbrushes excavated from the privy at 27–29 Endicott Street illustrate the importance of dental hygiene for the women who worked and lived at this brothel.

Secrets of a Brothel Privy

Homo floresiensis rat bones - Veatch examines a “hobbit,” or Homo floresiensis, skull from Liang Bua Cave.

Can Rat Bones Solve an Island Mystery?

primate birth evolution - Natalie Laudicina demonstrates the twists and turns required for human babies to make it through the birth canal.

Watching Ancient Hominins Giving Birth