What’s Behind Humanity’s Love-Hate Relationship With Exercise?
Evolutionary history can help resolve the question of why so many people desire a physical break even when their bodies need movement.
Biology
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My Nonbinary Child
An anthropologist muses on what her career and child have taught her about gender stereotypes and fluidity.
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No, “Racial Genetics” Aren’t Affecting COVID-19 Deaths
The coronavirus pandemic is unequally affecting minority communities in the U.K. and the U.S. Racism, not race, explains the disparity.
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Why Are There So Many Humans?
The populations of the great apes were once nearly equal. Now, one great ape species—Homo sapiens—outnumbers the rest by almost 8 billion. How did we do it?
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U.S. Coronavirus Advice Is Failing Pregnant Women
An anthropologist explores how her current study of COVID-19 and childbirth reveals profound and amplified problems with the United States’ maternity system.
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What Orangutans Taught Me About Motherhood
After observing great apes in Borneo, an anthropologist reflects on being raised by a single mother—and on how women learn to be good moms.