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Anthropology Magazine

A black-and-white photo shows swirling winds and a bolt of lightning striking over open fields.

A Window on Humanity’s Turbulent 2021

An illustration shows two people putting together colored puzzle pieces.

How to Work With a Developmental Editor

biological anthropology love

Is Love a Biological Reality?

Crisis and Opportunity—A Look at 2020

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How to Write an Essay: A Guide for Anthropologists

An aerial view shows two separate purple circles painted on a dark blue ground, with two people in each circle.

Why “We” Isn’t for Everyone

anthropology in 2019 - This image shows various views of the pinky bone of a Denisovan-Neanderthal hybrid found in Siberia.

Humans in 2019—From Discoveries to Disasters

Researchers tested the cutting potential of knife-shaped frozen human feces.

Case Closed: You Can’t Make a Knife Out of Frozen Poop

Athletic Sudden Death

Genetic Factors May Help Explain Athletic Sudden Death

Three researchers stand in Denisova Cave in Russia, home to the newly classified Denisovan skull fragments.

First Confirmed Denisovan Skull Piece Found

Tooth pendants (one pictured here), along with other artifacts discovered at Denisova Cave, mark the earliest evidence of human ornamentation—between 43,000 and 49,000 years ago—in northern Eurasia.

Visitor Log Chronicled for the Denisovan Family Home

TEOTWAWKI

The End of the World As We Know It

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The Rise of Emotional Robots

beer can archaeology - These are just a few dozen of the thousands of old beer cans that archaeologist David Maxwell has collected over the years.

Meet Archaeology’s Beer Can Man

Bonobos congregate around a male bonobo holding an African breadfruit to get a share of the meal.

Bonobos Spied Sharing a Feast

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Sea Level Rise Threatens Archaeological Sites

At the site of an old Moroccan mine, paleoanthropologist Jean-Jacques Hublin (pictured) points to one of the oldest Homo sapiens fossils yet found.

Oldest-Known Homo Sapiens Fossils Found

Color perception - Social scientists have long been fascinated by how people perceive and describe color in different cultures.

Do You See What I See?

Cultural Relativity

Two people on paddle boards paddle off into a gray ocean covered by a gray sky.

Why We Yearn for the Simple Life

Native American Activism - Native Americans from many different tribes have unified behind the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest in North Dakota against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The controversial pipeline raises numerous cultural and environmental issues, ranging from tribal rights to climate change.

North Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Spark Historic Declaration

In Yogyakarta, one of Indonesia’s culturally rich cities, lies Kampoeng Cyber, or “Cyber Village,”—a community that caught the attention of Mark Zuckerberg (right), the co-founder of Facebook, for how it re-invented itself by harnessing the power of the internet.

The Birth of Indonesia’s Cyber Village

Stone Age Site Saved

In 2015, an international team of researchers and South African heritage studies students investigated Canteen Kopje. Recent illegal mining activity there threatens such programs—and the future of this important Stone Age archaeological site.

Diamond Mine Threatens Stone Age Artifacts

The 18th- and 19th-century fur trade wiped out British Columbia’s sea otter population. The sea otter’s successful recovery today has led to a decline in shellfish in areas where the otters thrive, causing a crisis in sustainable fishing.

Seafood Fight