Gideon Lasco – SAPIENS

Anthropology Magazine

A photograph features three macaques with red faces and beige fur soaking in hot springs as a person takes their picture with a cellphone.

Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?

A crowd of people gather, with those in the front row reaching out to take green peppers from a pink colander.

Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chili Peppers?

A seated woman with short hair gestures with her hands and speaks into a large rectangular microphone positioned in front of her on a table.

Did Margaret Mead Think a Healed Femur Was the Earliest Sign of Civilization?

Two pigs stand in a pen next to a chalkboard with writing in German.

The Cultural Anxieties of Xenotransplantation

A photo shows a hand holding a plastic cup filled with pink liquid and small bits of yellow and red fruit against a tiled pathway lined with grass, bushes, and trees.

How Filipino Sailors—and Coconuts—Helped Create Mexico’s National Drink

Cómo los marineros filipinos—y los cocos—ayudaron a crear la bebida nacional de México

Tres conejillos de indias caminan frente a dos pequeñas casas de piedra con techos de paja, rodeadas por una pared de roca.

Cuando el conejillo de indias se vuelve gourmet

Three guinea pigs walk around in front of two small stone houses with thatched roofs, surrounded by a rock wall.

When the Guinea Pig Goes Gourmet

dog breeds race - The author enjoys the company of a village dog named Blacky while hiking in the Sierra Madre mountains of Bulacan Province in the Philippines.

What Dog Breeds Say About Race

coffee rituals - A woman in Ethiopia prepares a buna (coffee) ceremony at home.

Finding Calm—and Connection—in Coffee Rituals

anthropology extraterrestrial life

What If There Is Life on Venus?

covid-19 houseplants - Sales of houseplants have been booming during the pandemic.

How COVID-19 Is Changing People’s Relationships With Houseplants

hand hygiene

Could COVID-19 Permanently Change Hand Hygiene?

coronavirus mask - A discount market on Penang Island, Malaysia, displays a face mask on a mannequin. Surgical masks are unregulated and provide minimal protection from pathogens.

Why Face Masks Are Going Viral

In Andean countries such as Peru and Bolivia, locals and tourists drink mate de coca, a tea made from coca leaves, to stave off altitude sickness.

The Double Life of Coca

Drug Use - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has targeted alleged drug dealers, such as this 18-year-old man, and left thousands of suspects dead.

Why Are People Who Use Illegal Drugs Demonized?

skin whitening - Salons like this one in Johannesburg, South Africa, offer facials that make use of skin lightening products.

The Dark Side of Skin Whitening