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Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Table of contents
Introduction 0 Why Write for the Public? 1 What to Expect, from Pitch to Publication 2 How to Write a Pitch 3 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 1: Structure 4 How To Tell a Great Story, Part 2: Style 5 Navigating Ethics and Reducing Harms 6 Habits of Thriving Public Anthropologists 7 Cultivating the Craft of Writing 8
Kamelus Nampung, one of the Manggarai people who live on the Indonesian island of Flores, cooks a giant rat.
essay / Pastimes

How Eating Rat Stew Serves Hobbit Research

Paige Madison
Researchers are feasting on giant Indonesian rodents to uncover clues about hobbit-like hominins.
hominin burial - The skeleton on the left is “Lucy,” an Australopithecus afarensis that is 3.2 million years old. The one on the right is a Homo naledi called “Neo,” which is roughly 250,000 years old. 
essay / Human Nature

Who First Buried the Dead?

Paige Madison
We have learned a lot by trying to figure out what makes humans unique. Now, it's time to focus on what we have in common with the rest of life.
The photograph features a large recreated model of a neanderthal.
essay / Snapshot

The Birth of the “Neanderthals”

Paige Madison
Library archives reveal the Gibraltar skull’s role in the discovery of our sister species.