Emma Marris – SAPIENS

Anthropology Magazine

Amazon hunting - For decades, conservationists have viewed subsistence hunting by Indigenous peoples in the Amazon as a contributing factor to “empty forests”—forests where trees remain but wildlife is all but gone.

Lessons From a Forgotten Amazonian Slaughter

anthropologist climate change

“The Anthropologist” Isn’t Another Climate Change Horror Flick

Arboreal human ancestors - John Kappelman, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, conducted a paleoforensic analysis on Lucy, the celebrated 3.18-million-year-old hominin skeleton. A new study led by Kappelman brings fresh insight into Lucy’s life and death, suggesting that she spent some of her time living in trees.

Iconic Fossil Assigned Probable Cause of Death: A Big Fall

Hobbit hominin evolution

New Discovery Expands the Hobbit Family Tree

eating raw meat - Although cooking was important in human evolution, the consumption of a food resembling tartare, finely chopped meat served raw, may have led to big changes in our ancestors’ skeletal features.

Raw Deal

neanderthal DNA - Humans and Neanderthals interbred about 50,000–60,000 years ago. The genetic legacy of those liaisons, including possibly depression, is only now coming to light.

I’ve Got the Neanderthal Blues