How Vulnerable Are We to Collapse?
Archaeologists are plumbing the human experience to find out how various societies have responded to existential challenges to their survival.
How Vulnerable Are We to Collapse?
Crossroads
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Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
As an increasingly complex picture of schizophrenia emerges, researchers are recognizing that a more individualized and humane approach is needed to better understand and treat the condition.
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For African Asylum-Seekers, a Treacherous Journey Is Only the Beginning
Every year, tens of thousands of sub-Saharan Africans risk their lives for the chance to gain official refugee status in Europe. Of the few who make it to European soil, most are deported.
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How Our Modern Lifestyles Perpetuate Slavery
“Human trafficking” brings to mind sex slavery and extreme human rights abuses. But an equally pernicious, lesser-known form of slavery persists in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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God or Geology? The Genesis of Ram’s Bridge
Secular and religious Indians are butting heads over the origin of an important limestone shoal that connects India and Sri Lanka.
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In a Genocide, Who Are the Morally Upright?
A Georgia State anthropologist explores what motivated rescuers during the Rwandan genocide—and what their stories reveal about courage and selflessness in the midst of total destruction.