How Apes Reveal Human History
Great apes provide a window into the story of human evolution—and that’s one more reason to protect them.
Biology
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Chasing the Myths of Mexico’s “Superrunners”
The Rarámuri people’s ancient traditions of footracing have captured global attention. New research by a biological anthropologist and his colleagues debunks stereotypes and contextualizes the community’s famous races.
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Sex in Sport: Men Don’t Always Have the Advantage
Research shows that real differences exist in athletic capacities, on average, between men and women. But they cut both ways.
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How Scientific Taxonomy Constructed the Myth of Race
Botanist Carl Linnaeus' classification system has been adopted around the globe—but have we adequately reckoned with how his ideas about humans laid the groundwork for scientific racism?
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Mapping Human and Neanderthal Genomes
The Human Genome Project first published the modern human genome 20 years ago, and the Neanderthal genome was sequenced a little more than a decade ago. What do these maps mean for our understanding of humanity?
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Is Love a Biological Reality?
Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist at the Kinsey Institute and an adviser to the dating site Match.com, studies human mating to explain the mysteries of romance, partnership, and lust.